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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-30

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 30

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Jan 23Jan 30Feb 6 →

Receipts

235 head

▼ 82 vs last sale 317▲ 131 vs year ago 104 · +126.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Demand good throughout the sale.

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	—	Average	1,847	128.86	2,380	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,332	173.66	2,314	44
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,299	168.95	2,195	61
Heifers	Select	Average	1,230	156.78	1,929	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,452	173.70	2,523	55
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	163.86	2,287	42
Steers	Select	Average	1,173	161.52	1,895	2thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,173	161.52/cwt	161.00–162.00	1,895	2
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,207	166.31/cwt	164.25–171.00	2,007	18
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,340	165.99/cwt	164.00–169.75	2,224	4
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceNatural	1,360	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,298	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,384	173.91/cwt	172.00–175.10	2,407	25
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,461	173.87/cwt	172.25–175.35	2,540	10
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,501	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	2,484	3
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,531	174.22/cwt	173.75–175.35	2,667	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,535	172.87/cwt	170.00–174.25	2,654	13
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,580	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	2,520	14
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,770	163.02/cwt	162.50–163.50	2,885	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,144	157.10/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,797	13
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,244	172.12/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,141	29
Heifers	—	Choice	1,332	173.33/cwt	171.50–175.25	2,309	35
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,334	174.93/cwt	174.00–175.35	2,334	9
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,334	165.54/cwt	161.00–168.00	2,208	26
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,381	169.10/cwt	168.50–169.25	2,335	5
Heifers	—	Select	1,472	156.47/cwt	155.00–158.50	2,303	3
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,580	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,607	1
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,625	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	2,494	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,815	130.20/cwt	128.50–132.00	2,363	4
Bulls	—	—	1,975	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	2,439	1

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 235Last week 317Year ago 104

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Demand good throughout the sale.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,173	161.00–162.00	161.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,770	162.50–163.50	163.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,535	170.00–174.25	172.87
25	—	1,384	172.00–175.10	173.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,340	164.00–169.75	165.99
14	—	1,580	159.50	159.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,531	173.75–175.35	174.22
10	—	1,461	172.25–175.35	173.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,501	165.50	165.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,207	164.25–171.00	166.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,975	123.50	123.50
4	—	1,815	128.50–132.00	130.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,244	164.00–175.00	172.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,334	161.00–168.00	165.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,332	171.50–175.25	173.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,472	155.00–158.50	156.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,144	155.00–160.00	157.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,381	168.50–169.25	169.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,334	174.00–175.35	174.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	165.00	165.00

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.