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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 1

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Receipts

138 head

▼ 260 vs last sale 398▼ 47 vs year ago 185 · −25.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers were steady with limited numbers this week. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Lighter numbers today, and most of the auction consisted of smaller packages. Good demand.

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	1,307	183.33	2,396	57
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,248	181.39	2,265	24
Steers	Choice	Average	1,461	182.52	2,667	43
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,241	180.15	2,236	17

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 ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,171	182.57/cwt	177.50–190.50	2,138	6
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,237	181.02/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,239	6
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,330	176.20/cwt	175.50–178.50	2,343	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,383	182.22/cwt	179.00–184.25	2,520	27
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,477	183.25/cwt	183.25–183.25	2,707	2
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,576	184.10/cwt	184.10–184.10	2,901	9
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,669	181.04/cwt	180.25–182.50	3,022	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,051	182.47/cwt	177.50–187.00	1,918	6
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,088	185.15/cwt	178.00–204.00	2,014	7
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,261	181.95/cwt	181.75–183.75	2,294	11
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,291	176.34/cwt	174.50–177.50	2,277	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,318	183.66/cwt	180.00–185.10	2,421	46
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,751	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,187	4

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 Oct 1, 2024

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

Receipts 138Last week 398Year ago 185

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,171	177.50–190.50	182.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,576	184.10	184.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,330	175.50–178.50	176.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,383	179.00–184.25	182.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,477	183.25	183.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,669	180.25–182.50	181.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,237	180.00–188.00	181.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,751	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,051	177.50–187.00	182.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,088	178.00–204.00	185.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,261	181.75–183.75	181.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,291	174.50–177.50	176.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,318	180.00–185.10	183.66

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.