Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers and heifers were 3.00 lower. Light offerings was met with moderate demand. 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 Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,379	65.71	906	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,373	61.02	838	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,219	105.06	1,281	37
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,275	91.38	1,165	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,145	72.16	826	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,390	106.18	1,476	34
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,197	93.47	1,119	5thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	1,219	105.14/cwt	100.50–109.00	1,282	36
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,215	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,239	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,145	72.16/cwt	66.50–74.00	826	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,275	91.38/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,165	5
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,440	62.28/cwt	61.00–63.50	897	2
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,240	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	725	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,020	90.06/cwt	86.00–94.50	919	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,390	106.18/cwt	102.25–108.50	1,476	34
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,315	95.74/cwt	88.00–100.00	1,259	3
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,373	65.18/cwt	60.00–68.00	895	3
Dairy Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,388	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	923	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 Jun 9, 2020

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

Receipts 122Last week 289Year ago 121

Compared to last Tuesday, steers and heifers were 3.00 lower. Light offerings was met with moderate demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,219	100.50–109.00	105.14
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,145	66.50–74.00	72.16
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,275	85.00–95.00	91.38
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	61.00–63.50	62.28
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	58.50	58.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	86.00–94.50	90.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,390	102.25–108.50	106.18
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,315	88.00–100.00	95.74
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,373	60.00–68.00	65.18
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	66.50	66.50

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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