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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 20

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Aug 6Aug 20Sep 17 →

Receipts

224 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 183▼ 1 vs year ago 225 · −0.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison made today to the previous Slaughter Cattle Auction. Demand was good for today's light 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	1,294	188.66	2,441	84
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,201	182.59	2,193	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,380	187.60	2,588	69
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,157	179.57	2,078	4thin

Every lot

11 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	1,157	179.57/cwt	176.00–180.65	2,078	4
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,203	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,244	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,240	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,257	1
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,349	188.36/cwt	185.50–190.35	2,541	17
Steers	—	Choice	1,355	187.80/cwt	183.75–192.00	2,545	36
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,522	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	2,899	6
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,583	182.88/cwt	181.00–183.25	2,895	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,140	185.19/cwt	183.00–192.00	2,111	8
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,271	179.62/cwt	177.50–180.50	2,283	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,292	188.62/cwt	184.50–191.10	2,437	81
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,345	189.60/cwt	189.60–189.60	2,550	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 Aug 20, 2024

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

Receipts 224Last week 183Year ago 225

No comparison made today to the previous Slaughter Cattle Auction. Demand was good for today's light offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,157	176.00–180.65	179.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	186.50	186.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,355	183.75–192.00	187.80
1	—	1,240	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,349	185.50–190.35	188.36
6	—	1,522	190.50	190.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,583	181.00–183.25	182.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,292	184.50–191.10	188.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,271	177.50–180.50	179.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,345	189.60	189.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,140	183.00–192.00	185.19

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.