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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 17

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

208 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 224▼ 208 vs year ago 416 · −50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to low receipts last week. Demand for choice steers and heifers was moderate to good. Supply today was light to average. 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	1,308	182.39	2,385	79
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,135	179.75	2,040	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,405	172.00	2,417	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,371	182.46	2,501	89
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,175	182.00	2,139	5thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,175	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,139	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,325	181.99/cwt	180.00–183.00	2,411	44
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,396	182.96/cwt	181.50–183.25	2,554	38
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,522	182.70/cwt	182.70–182.70	2,781	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,060	178.97/cwt	178.00–182.00	1,897	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,171	180.16/cwt	177.50–181.75	2,110	7
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,185	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,133	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,300	181.98/cwt	180.25–182.50	2,366	38
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,304	182.94/cwt	181.50–183.25	2,386	39
Heifers	—	Select	1,405	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,417	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,522	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	2,732	2

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 Sep 17, 2024

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

Receipts 208Last week 224Year ago 416

No comparison due to low receipts last week. Demand for choice steers and heifers was moderate to good. Supply today was light to average. Trade was active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,522	182.70	182.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,396	181.50–183.25	182.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,175	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,325	180.00–183.00	181.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,060	178.00–182.00	178.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,522	179.50	179.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,304	181.50–183.25	182.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,171	177.50–181.75	180.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,300	180.25–182.50	181.98

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.