Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 2.5 lower, heifers were steady. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand. Light crowd with the upcoming winter storm today.

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	Select and Choice	Average	1,391	84.79	1,179	31
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,300	70.21	913	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,280	112.38	1,439	101
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,275	103.99	1,326	28
Heifers	Select	Average	973	86.24	839	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,409	110.56	1,558	76
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,413	98.87	1,397	6thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	1,319	112.35/cwt	108.00–115.50	1,482	74
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,518	108.79/cwt	108.50–109.00	1,651	12
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	899	115.43/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,038	15
Heifers	Select	—	1,328	91.67/cwt	90.50–93.00	1,217	2
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,675	101.00/cwt	100.50–101.50	1,692	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	862	84.11/cwt	82.00–87.00	725	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,342	103.99/cwt	101.00–105.50	1,396	18
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,154	104.00/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,200	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,363	111.82/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,524	41
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,615	109.20/cwt	107.00–113.50	1,764	22
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,205	108.90/cwt	106.00–111.50	1,312	13
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,260	101.92/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,284	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,835	94.79/cwt	90.00–100.50	1,739	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,145	99.89/cwt	96.50–104.00	1,144	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,300	70.21/cwt	65.00–75.50	913	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,391	84.79/cwt	83.50–86.50	1,179	31

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Nov 26, 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 2.5 lower, heifers were steady. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand. Light crowd with the upcoming winter storm today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,319	108.00–115.50	112.35
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,518	108.50–109.00	108.79
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	899	108.00–118.00	115.43
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,328	90.50–93.00	91.67
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,675	100.50–101.50	101.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	862	82.00–87.00	84.11
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,342	101.00–105.50	103.99
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,154	101.00–106.00	104.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,363	108.00–116.00	111.82
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,615	107.00–113.50	109.20
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,205	106.00–111.50	108.90
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	101.00–103.00	101.92
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,835	90.00–100.50	94.79
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	96.50–104.00	99.89
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	65.00–75.50	70.21
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,391	83.50–86.50	84.79

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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