Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were 1.00 higher, heifers 2.00 higher. No Holsteins to report. Moderate offering was met with 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	1,350	108.79	1,469	38
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,127	97.72	1,101	21
Heifers	Select	Average	1,206	86.22	1,040	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,443	108.47	1,565	119
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,298	101.37	1,315	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,273	86.57	1,102	4thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Choice	—	1,376	108.52/cwt	105.00–112.75	1,493	32
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,211	110.26/cwt	106.50–111.00	1,335	6
Heifers	Select	—	1,457	84.32/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,229	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	955	88.12/cwt	83.00–91.00	842	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,319	98.81/cwt	95.00–104.50	1,303	8
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,009	97.05/cwt	93.00–104.50	979	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,491	108.08/cwt	105.00–112.25	1,611	98
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,220	110.28/cwt	107.50–112.85	1,345	21
Steers	Select	—	1,530	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,270	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,015	90.14/cwt	86.00–93.50	915	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,379	101.20/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,396	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,230	101.51/cwt	98.50–103.00	1,249	6

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 Oct 15, 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, steers were 1.00 higher, heifers 2.00 higher. No Holsteins to report. Moderate offering was met with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,376	105.00–112.75	108.52
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,211	106.50–111.00	110.26
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	83.00–85.00	84.32
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	955	83.00–91.00	88.12
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,319	95.00–104.50	98.81
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,009	93.00–104.50	97.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,491	105.00–112.25	108.08
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,220	107.50–112.85	110.28
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	83.00	83.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	86.00–93.50	90.14
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,379	95.00–103.00	101.20
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,230	98.50–103.00	101.51

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