Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 1.5 lower, heifers were 1.00 lower. Light offering of cattle with active trade and 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,563	83.14	1,299	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,257	118.61	1,491	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,123	103.18	1,158	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,145	84.46	967	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	118.50	1,665	52
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,426	107.53	1,533	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,361	91.32	1,243	9thin

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	—	1,289	119.75/cwt	115.50–124.00	1,544	37
Heifers	Select	—	1,205	90.44/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,090	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,158	104.38/cwt	98.50–110.50	1,209	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,432	118.54/cwt	112.00–123.50	1,697	48
Steers	Select	—	1,511	92.08/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,391	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,426	107.53/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,533	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,563	83.14/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,299	2
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,177	115.81/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,363	15
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,105	80.48/cwt	78.00–82.00	889	3
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	910	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	874	1
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,079	118.04/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,274	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	835	88.65/cwt	85.00–92.00	740	2

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 Feb 4, 2020

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 1.5 lower, heifers were 1.00 lower. Light offering of cattle with active trade and good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,289	115.50–124.00	119.75
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	90.00–91.00	90.44
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,158	98.50–110.50	104.38
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,177	111.00–121.00	115.81
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,105	78.00–82.00	80.48
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	96.00	96.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,432	112.00–123.50	118.54
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,511	87.00–95.00	92.08
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,426	106.00–110.00	107.53
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,079	114.00–120.00	118.04
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	85.00–92.00	88.65
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	81.00–85.00	83.14

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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