Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were 2.25 lower, heifers were .50 lower. Moderate demand for the light offerings. Trade active.

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	1,456	80.12	1,167	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,327	105.76	1,403	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,272	95.59	1,216	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,548	80.33	1,244	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,403	106.39	1,493	49
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,144	89.41	1,023	47
Steers	Select	Average	1,209	82.32	995	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	—	1,456	80.12/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,167	8
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,137	81.93/cwt	80.00–84.00	932	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,333	91.84/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,224	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,403	106.39/cwt	98.50–108.75	1,493	49
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,122	89.12/cwt	87.50–92.00	1,000	42
Steers	Select	—	1,425	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	1,190	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,272	95.59/cwt	92.00–97.50	1,216	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,327	105.76/cwt	103.75–108.25	1,403	8
Heifers	Select	—	1,410	81.18/cwt	79.00–85.00	1,145	3
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,652	79.70/cwt	77.50–80.50	1,317	4

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 17, 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 2.25 lower, heifers were .50 lower. Moderate demand for the light offerings. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,456	80.00–81.00	80.12
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,137	80.00–84.00	81.93
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,333	90.00–94.00	91.84
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,403	98.50–108.75	106.39
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,122	87.50–92.00	89.12
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	83.50	83.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,272	92.00–97.50	95.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,327	103.75–108.25	105.76
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,410	79.00–85.00	81.18
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,652	77.50–80.50	79.70

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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