Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; steers were 2.5 lower, 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,225	119.28	1,461	59
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,096	106.88	1,171	24
Heifers	Select	Average	1,183	87.07	1,030	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,404	119.81	1,682	49
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,026	111.56	1,144	13
Steers	Select	Average	972	94.68	920	5thin

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	—	1,286	119.60/cwt	115.25–122.25	1,538	44
Heifers	Select	—	1,173	85.30/cwt	79.00–98.00	1,001	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,480	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,569	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,477	118.62/cwt	115.50–121.00	1,752	32
Steers	Select	—	1,143	103.78/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,186	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,118	110.79/cwt	110.00–111.50	1,239	2
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,047	118.35/cwt	115.50–120.75	1,239	15
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,187	87.73/cwt	85.50–90.00	1,041	16
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,079	106.92/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,154	23
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,266	122.06/cwt	117.25–123.85	1,545	17
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	858	88.61/cwt	84.00–92.00	760	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,009	111.70/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,127	11

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 Jan 21, 2020

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

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Compared to the sale two weeks ago; steers were 2.5 lower, 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
44	—	1,286	115.25–122.25	119.60
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,173	79.00–98.00	85.30
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,047	115.50–120.75	118.35
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,187	85.50–90.00	87.73
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,079	100.00–113.00	106.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,477	115.50–121.00	118.62
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	100.00–107.00	103.78
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	110.00–111.50	110.79
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,266	117.25–123.85	122.06
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	858	84.00–92.00	88.61
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,009	104.00–114.00	111.70

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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