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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 5

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12 →

Receipts

228 head

▼ 108 vs last sale 336▼ 94 vs year ago 322 · −29.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers 2.00-3.00 lower with light numbers this week. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Natural and no implant cattle topping the sale today. Big load of all natural heifers and plenty of smaller groups in the offering. Demand good.

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	1,353	187.65	2,539	106
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,264	186.05	2,352	40
Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	185.98	2,679	58
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,260	180.00	2,268	7thin

Every lot

12 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,260	180.00/cwt	178.00–182.00	2,268	7
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,368	187.87/cwt	184.00–190.00	2,570	21
Steers	—	Choice	1,394	185.08/cwt	183.25–186.25	2,580	24
Steers	—	Choice	1,550	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,875	2
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,656	184.21/cwt	181.50–186.50	3,051	7
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,665	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	3,076	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,030	198.06/cwt	194.00–202.00	2,040	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,164	184.82/cwt	184.25–186.00	2,151	29
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,341	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	2,528	55
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,349	187.24/cwt	184.50–188.85	2,526	33
Heifers	—	Choice	1,398	185.82/cwt	183.75–186.25	2,598	18
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceNatural	1,638	187.35/cwt	187.35–187.35	3,069	9

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 Nov 5, 2024

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

Receipts 228Last week 336Year ago 322

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,398	183.75–186.25	185.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,349	184.50–188.85	187.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,164	184.25–186.00	184.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,341	188.50	188.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,638	187.35	187.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	194.00–202.00	198.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,394	183.25–186.25	185.08
2	—	1,550	185.50	185.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,368	184.00–190.00	187.87
7	—	1,656	181.50–186.50	184.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,260	178.00–182.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,665	184.75	184.75

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.