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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 5

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Feb 27Mar 5Mar 12 →

Receipts

269 head

▲ 143 vs last sale 126▲ 34 vs year ago 235 · +14.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

DUNLAP LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER CATTLE SALE - - - - Compared to last Tuesday, both slaughter steers and heifers were fully steady. Demand was very good for today's moderate 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	1,354	184.59	2,500	58
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,311	176.13	2,309	33
Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	184.83	2,597	93
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,193	169.23	2,019	50

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	1,142	167.38/cwt	165.00–183.00	1,911	43
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,227	180.18/cwt	179.50–180.50	2,211	3
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,247	185.60/cwt	184.00–190.00	2,314	14
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,390	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,578	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,391	183.34/cwt	176.00–184.85	2,550	24
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,456	185.27/cwt	180.00–186.35	2,698	51
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,715	180.90/cwt	180.00–181.50	3,102	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,060	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,744	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,202	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,224	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,202	177.01/cwt	161.50–179.00	2,128	22
Heifers	—	Choice	1,317	183.71/cwt	172.00–186.25	2,419	20
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,379	185.14/cwt	180.00–186.50	2,553	30
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,500	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	2,708	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,506	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	2,779	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,609	173.13/cwt	171.00–182.00	2,786	7

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 Mar 5, 2024

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

Receipts 269Last week 126Year ago 235

DUNLAP LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER CATTLE SALE - - - - Compared to last Tuesday, both slaughter steers and heifers were fully steady. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Trade was active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,379	180.00–186.50	185.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,317	172.00–186.25	183.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,500	180.50	180.50
22	—	1,202	161.50–179.00	177.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	164.50	164.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,202	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,609	171.00–182.00	173.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,506	184.50	184.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,227	179.50–180.50	180.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,390	185.50	185.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,715	180.00–181.50	180.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,142	165.00–183.00	167.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,456	180.00–186.35	185.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,247	184.00–190.00	185.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,391	176.00–184.85	183.34

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.