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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-27

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 27

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

126 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 142▲ 9 vs year ago 117 · +7.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

DUNLAP LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER CATTLE AUCTION - - - - Compared to last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were fully 5.00 higher. Demand was good for today's light offering. Trade was very 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,089	152.43	1,660	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,342	182.98	2,456	38
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,261	172.27	2,173	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,402	183.00	2,566	40
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,426	172.70	2,464	11

Every lot

17 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,190	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	2,100	2
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,281	167.87/cwt	167.75–168.00	2,150	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,377	182.36/cwt	178.00–185.00	2,511	18
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,439	184.03/cwt	177.50–184.60	2,648	13
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,458	184.60/cwt	184.60–184.60	2,691	7
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,601	178.50/cwt	178.25–179.50	2,858	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,140	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,029	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,155	162.58/cwt	158.00–171.00	1,878	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,213	182.58/cwt	175.00–183.50	2,215	9
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,271	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	2,345	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,285	174.42/cwt	173.00–177.00	2,241	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,297	177.69/cwt	171.00–181.00	2,305	6
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,375	185.35/cwt	184.25–186.25	2,549	15
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,525	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	2,737	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,573	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,863	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	950	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,492	1
Bulls	—	—	1,135	150.91/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,713	3

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 27, 2024

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

Receipts 126Last week 142Year ago 117

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	145.00–159.00	150.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,285	173.00–177.00	174.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,297	171.00–181.00	177.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,573	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,271	184.50	184.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,213	175.00–183.50	182.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,155	158.00–171.00	162.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,375	184.25–186.25	185.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	179.50	179.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	176.50	176.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,458	184.60	184.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,281	167.75–168.00	167.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,601	178.25–179.50	178.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,377	178.00–185.00	182.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,439	177.50–184.60	184.03

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.