Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were 4.00 lower, heifers were 6.25 lower. Moderate offering today. Active trade, 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	1,546	85.00	1,314	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,265	106.03	1,341	48
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,174	97.13	1,140	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,433	108.40	1,554	86
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,214	100.38	1,219	4thin

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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,546	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,314	8
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,743	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,708	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,385	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,157	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,163	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,426	108.65/cwt	105.75–110.25	1,549	84
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,193	97.26/cwt	94.50–101.00	1,160	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,266	106.38/cwt	103.00–109.25	1,347	45
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	925	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	883	1
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,465	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,406	1
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,145	103.17/cwt	100.00–106.75	1,181	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 Mar 10, 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 4.00 lower, heifers were 6.25 lower. Moderate offering today. Active trade, good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,546	85.00	85.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,743	98.00	98.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	100.00	100.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,157	100.50	100.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,426	105.75–110.25	108.65
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,193	94.50–101.00	97.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,266	103.00–109.25	106.38
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	95.50	95.50
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	100.00–106.75	103.17

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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