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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 24

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

398 head

▲ 190 vs last sale 208▲ 157 vs year ago 241 · +65.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the cattle slaughter auction one week ago, choice steers and heifers were fully steady with a slightly higher undertone. Mostly smaller groups available today with several large load lots offered. Demand was good for today's moderate supply.

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	181.83	2,378	220
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,439	176.77	2,543	13
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,547	182.45	2,823	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,400	181.82	2,545	135

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,005	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	2,055	1
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,088	181.24/cwt	180.00–182.50	1,972	2
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,212	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,212	2
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,329	181.86/cwt	180.00–184.50	2,417	23
Steers	—	Choice	1,417	181.77/cwt	179.50–184.50	2,576	109
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,540	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,849	1
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,730	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,114	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,125	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,048	21
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,157	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,129	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,170	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,966	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,314	181.68/cwt	179.50–185.25	2,387	189
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,571	184.21/cwt	181.00–184.60	2,894	10
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,613	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	2,811	8

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 Sep 24, 2024

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

Receipts 398Last week 208Year ago 241

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	1,314	179.50–185.25	181.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,125	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,157	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,571	181.00–184.60	184.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,613	174.25	174.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,730	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,212	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,417	179.50–184.50	181.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,329	180.00–184.50	181.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	204.50	204.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,088	180.00–182.50	181.24

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.