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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 3

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Nov 19Dec 3Dec 10 →

Receipts

264 head

▲ 122 vs last sale 142▼ 13 vs year ago 277 · −4.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Not enough steers in the previous sale for comparison. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00-4.00 higher. No implant heifers bringing a slight premium. Most of the sale 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	Select and Choice	Average	1,312	188.49	2,473	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,399	186.39	2,609	110
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,052	189.00	1,988	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	186.51	2,737	109

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,052	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,988	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,385	185.72/cwt	182.50–187.75	2,572	40
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,423	186.46/cwt	185.50–187.50	2,653	30
Steers	—	Choice	1,543	187.05/cwt	183.50–188.00	2,886	6
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,558	187.53/cwt	186.75–188.00	2,922	18
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,636	187.31/cwt	186.00–187.75	3,064	15
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,124	191.44/cwt	185.50–199.00	2,152	5
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,153	187.86/cwt	187.25–191.00	2,166	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,399	186.22/cwt	183.00–188.00	2,605	83
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,401	186.91/cwt	184.50–188.50	2,619	27
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,568	187.20/cwt	183.50–187.75	2,935	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 Dec 3, 2024

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

Receipts 264Last week 142Year ago 277

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,636	186.00–187.75	187.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,052	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,558	186.75–188.00	187.53
30	—	1,423	185.50–187.50	186.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,543	183.50–188.00	187.05
40	—	1,385	182.50–187.75	185.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,124	185.50–199.00	191.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,568	183.50–187.75	187.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,153	187.25–191.00	187.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,401	184.50–188.50	186.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,399	183.00–188.00	186.22

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.