Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Choice steers and heifers were 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade was moderate on moderate offerings.

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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,435	85.25	1,223	14
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	985	67.00	660	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,238	110.84	1,373	202
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,227	102.36	1,256	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,155	96.70	1,117	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,342	111.18	1,492	86
Steers	Select	Low	1,081	107.69	1,164	10
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,266	106.05	1,343	17

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Choice	—	1,338	111.33/cwt	109.00–116.50	1,490	85
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	930	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	846	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,240	110.94/cwt	108.25–116.75	1,376	201
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,700	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	1,675	1
Dairy Steers	SelectLight Weight	—	985	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	660	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,435	85.25/cwt	85.25–85.25	1,223	14
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,266	106.05/cwt	101.00–107.25	1,343	17
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,017	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,119	8
Steers	Select	—	1,335	98.44/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,314	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,227	102.36/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,256	8
Heifers	Select	—	1,155	96.70/cwt	93.00–98.50	1,117	19

How this sale compares

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

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Compared to two weeks ago, Choice steers and heifers were 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade was moderate on moderate offerings.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,338	109.00–116.50	111.33
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	98.50	98.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,266	101.00–107.25	106.05
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,017	110.00	110.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	97.00–100.00	98.44
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	1,240	108.25–116.75	110.94
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,227	101.00–103.00	102.36
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,155	93.00–98.50	96.70
Dairy Steers — Select · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	67.00	67.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,435	85.25	85.25

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.

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