Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 2.00 higher, heifers were steady. Moderate offering of good cattle 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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,176	80.50	947	15
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,422	84.82	1,206	11
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,339	119.43	1,599	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,332	115.08	1,532	104
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,239	103.67	1,285	44
Heifers	Select	Average	1,268	86.30	1,094	10
Steers	Prime	Average	1,429	119.08	1,702	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,360	115.37	1,569	129
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,218	104.88	1,277	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,127	93.28	1,051	5thin

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	—	1,363	115.12/cwt	109.50–117.50	1,569	95
Heifers	Prime	—	1,339	119.43/cwt	118.00–120.50	1,599	14
Heifers	Select	—	1,368	84.64/cwt	83.50–88.00	1,158	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,341	103.20/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,384	29
Steers	Choice	—	1,368	115.65/cwt	109.50–117.75	1,582	122
Steers	Prime	—	1,429	119.08/cwt	119.00–119.25	1,702	13
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,355	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,436	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,448	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,216	10
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,001	114.65/cwt	112.00–126.00	1,148	9
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,118	88.79/cwt	85.00–96.00	993	4
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,042	104.57/cwt	100.50–106.00	1,090	15
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,227	110.44/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,355	7
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,127	93.28/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,051	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,126	104.14/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,173	6
Dairy Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,176	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	947	15
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,160	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,079	1

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 Dec 10, 2019

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Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 2.00 higher, heifers were steady. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,363	109.50–117.50	115.12
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,339	118.00–120.50	119.43
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,368	83.50–88.00	84.64
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,341	100.00–107.00	103.20
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,001	112.00–126.00	114.65
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,118	85.00–96.00	88.79
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,042	100.50–106.00	104.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,368	109.50–117.75	115.65
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,429	119.00–119.25	119.08
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,355	106.00	106.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,227	109.00–114.00	110.44
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,127	90.00–94.00	93.28
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,126	101.00–107.00	104.14
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,448	84.00	84.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	93.00	93.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,176	80.50	80.50

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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