Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 1.25 lower, heifers 3.5 lower. Light offering of cattle was met with moderate demand, as the crowd was light.

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	1,448	78.77	1,141	23
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	72.50	903	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,246	115.03	1,433	67
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,356	97.06	1,316	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,594	83.12	1,325	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,370	116.93	1,601	91
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,155	109.00	1,259	1thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,155	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,259	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,245	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	903	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,210	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,380	97.74/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,349	6
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,594	83.12/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,325	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,448	78.77/cwt	75.50–84.50	1,141	23
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,235	114.14/cwt	112.00–115.50	1,410	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,388	117.31/cwt	112.50–118.25	1,628	80
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,103	110.97/cwt	107.00–115.50	1,224	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,291	116.31/cwt	114.50–117.25	1,502	51

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 11, 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 1.25 lower, heifers 3.5 lower. Light offering of cattle was met with moderate demand, as the crowd was light.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	109.00	109.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,235	112.00–115.50	114.14
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,388	112.50–118.25	117.31
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	72.50	72.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,448	75.50–84.50	78.77
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,380	91.00–101.00	97.74
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,594	81.00–85.00	83.12
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,103	107.00–115.50	110.97
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,291	114.50–117.25	116.31

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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