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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 9

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Apr 2Apr 9Apr 16 →

Receipts

131 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 90▼ 12 vs year ago 143 · −8.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifer trade saw the market today 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Even with today's light offering, demand was good for finished cattle. Again today some of the lighter weight cattle returned to feed.

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	1,382	182.32	2,519	46
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,160	176.00	2,042	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,353	182.29	2,467	46
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,212	178.73	2,166	13

Every lot

6 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,212	178.73/cwt	176.00–181.50	2,166	13
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,334	182.34/cwt	181.50–185.00	2,432	36
Steers	—	Choice	1,423	182.13/cwt	181.50–183.00	2,592	10
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,160	176.00/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,042	13
Heifers	—	Choice	1,368	182.49/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,496	31
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,410	181.97/cwt	181.00–183.00	2,566	15

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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Apr 9, 2024

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

Receipts 131Last week 90Year ago 143

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,423	181.50–183.00	182.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,334	181.50–185.00	182.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,212	176.00–181.50	178.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,160	175.00–178.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,368	180.00–185.00	182.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,410	181.00–183.00	181.97

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.