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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-20

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 20

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

142 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 165▼ 50 vs year ago 192 · −26.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction last Tuesday, in today's light offering choice slaughter steers were fully steady. Choice slaughter heifers were also fully steady. Demand was good for today's offering. Trade was active.

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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,336	177.57	2,372	61
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,364	167.49	2,285	35
Steers	Choice	Average	1,423	177.17	2,521	32
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,275	166.66	2,124	13

Every lot

15 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,145	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,832	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,244	166.74/cwt	140.00–173.50	2,074	11
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,275	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,270	1
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,410	177.57/cwt	172.00–180.00	2,504	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,410	176.50/cwt	171.00–183.00	2,489	20
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,593	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	2,871	3
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,740	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	3,002	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,158	170.62/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,976	18
Heifers	—	Choice	1,238	176.23/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,182	30
Heifers	—	Choice	1,335	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	2,290	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,423	180.09/cwt	174.00–182.00	2,563	28
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,453	179.76/cwt	164.00–182.25	2,612	6
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,585	165.50/cwt	155.00–176.00	2,623	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,633	158.04/cwt	155.00–173.50	2,581	10
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,860	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,455	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 Feb 20, 2024

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

Receipts 142Last week 165Year ago 192

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	171.50	171.50
30	—	1,238	171.00–180.00	176.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,453	164.00–182.25	179.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,633	155.00–173.50	158.04
1	—	1,860	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,585	155.00–176.00	165.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,158	160.00–180.00	170.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,423	174.00–182.00	180.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,410	171.00–183.00	176.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,244	140.00–173.50	166.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,410	172.00–180.00	177.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,593	180.25	180.25

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.