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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 23

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

162 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 112▼ 18 vs year ago 180 · −10.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction last week, Choice Slaughter Steers were steady to 1.00 lower. Choice Slaughter Heifer trade saw the market 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trade was active. Demand was good for today's moderate offering.

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	1,299	182.24	2,367	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,135	171.60	1,948	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,435	181.95	2,612	76
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	178.71	2,141	9thin

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	1,198	178.71/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,141	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,391	182.60/cwt	178.00–185.00	2,540	65
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,698	178.12/cwt	177.50–181.00	3,024	11
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,135	171.60/cwt	170.00–178.50	1,948	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,268	181.69/cwt	175.00–183.50	2,304	28
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,423	184.44/cwt	182.50–184.75	2,625	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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Apr 23, 2024

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

Receipts 162Last week 112Year ago 180

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,135	170.00–178.50	171.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,423	182.50–184.75	184.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,268	175.00–183.50	181.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,198	175.00–182.00	178.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,698	177.50–181.00	178.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,391	178.00–185.00	182.60

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.