Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, choice steers were .50 to .75 higher with the choice heifers 1.25 to 1.50 higher. No Holstein steers to report today. Very limited supply today compare to last Tuesday.

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	1,215	112.16	1,363	34
Heifers	Select	Average	1,200	80.78	969	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,337	111.83	1,495	61
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,301	104.76	1,363	5thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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	—	1,337	111.83/cwt	108.25–114.00	1,495	61
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	830	60.08/cwt	41.00–93.50	499	5
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,630	82.55/cwt	81.50–83.50	1,346	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,290	89.87/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,159	11
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,555	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,780	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,063	103.27/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,098	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,205	112.09/cwt	108.25–113.75	1,351	33
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,460	105.75/cwt	105.75–105.75	1,544	3

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

Tue Jul 23, 2019

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

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Compared to last Tuesday, choice steers were .50 to .75 higher with the choice heifers 1.25 to 1.50 higher. No Holstein steers to report today. Very limited supply today compare to last Tuesday.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,337	108.25–114.00	111.83
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	99.00–107.00	103.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,460	105.75	105.75
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	830	41.00–93.50	60.08
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	81.50–83.50	82.55
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,290	87.00–94.00	89.87
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,205	108.25–113.75	112.09

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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