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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 19

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

140 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 179▲ 6 vs year ago 134 · +4.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

DUNLAP LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER CATTLE SALE - - - - Compared to last week's auction, choice slaughter steers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Best demand today was for cattle that never had received an implant. Demand was good for today's light offering of hard, grain fed slaughter cattle.

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	1,410	187.91	2,650	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,415	172.00	2,434	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,456	187.66	2,733	46
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,367	178.33	2,437	3thin

Every lot

13 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,150	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,105	1
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,212	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,303	9
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,317	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,443	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,430	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,460	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,472	186.58/cwt	181.00–188.50	2,746	15
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,520	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,736	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,550	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,914	1
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,580	188.10/cwt	188.10–188.10	2,972	11
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,697	187.81/cwt	187.75–187.85	3,187	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,265	187.53/cwt	185.00–188.75	2,372	9
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,415	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,434	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,426	188.02/cwt	185.00–189.00	2,681	58
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,795	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,321	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 Mar 19, 2024

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

Receipts 140Last week 179Year ago 134

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,472	181.00–188.50	186.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,317	185.50	185.50
11	—	1,580	188.10	188.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	188.00	188.00
5	—	1,697	187.75–187.85	187.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,212	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,430	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,265	185.00–188.75	187.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,426	185.00–189.00	188.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,415	172.00	172.00

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.