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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-23

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 23

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

317 head

▲ 113 vs last sale 204▲ 117 vs year ago 200 · +58.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With several snowstorms and frigid temperatures, there hasn't been a recently reported sale. No comparison today. Upward trend noted. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	2,156	120.56	2,599	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	173.70	2,363	102
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,231	169.40	2,085	86
Steers	Choice	Average	1,470	172.45	2,536	65
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,334	167.91	2,240	56
Steers	Select	Average	1,178	161.74	1,905	2thin

Every lot

16 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,178	161.74/cwt	161.50–162.00	1,905	2
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,253	167.93/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,104	42
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,394	172.09/cwt	169.50–173.85	2,399	21
Steers	—	Choice	1,440	171.23/cwt	168.75–174.00	2,466	21
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,443	163.99/cwt	163.50–164.50	2,366	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,510	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,522	1
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,518	169.85/cwt	169.85–169.85	2,578	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,542	173.59/cwt	171.75–174.50	2,677	16
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,626	174.61/cwt	173.25–178.00	2,839	7
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,850	165.30/cwt	162.00–167.00	3,058	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,180	170.32/cwt	168.00–179.50	2,010	68
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,261	175.25/cwt	175.25–175.25	2,210	27
Heifers	—	Choice	1,386	173.09/cwt	170.50–176.00	2,399	57
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,424	165.93/cwt	164.50–168.25	2,363	18
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,427	173.33/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,473	18
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,156	120.56/cwt	118.50–127.00	2,599	5

This sale against other markets

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Jan 23, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 317Last week 204Year ago 200

With several snowstorms and frigid temperatures, there hasn't been a recently reported sale. No comparison today. Upward trend noted. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	167.00	167.00
2	—	1,443	163.50–164.50	163.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,253	164.00–175.00	167.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	161.50–162.00	161.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,850	162.00–167.00	165.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,626	173.25–178.00	174.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,542	171.75–174.50	173.59
21	—	1,440	168.75–174.00	171.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,518	169.85	169.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,394	169.50–173.85	172.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,180	168.00–179.50	170.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,427	170.00–175.00	173.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,261	175.25	175.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,424	164.50–168.25	165.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,386	170.50–176.00	173.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,156	118.50–127.00	120.56

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.