Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the slaughter sale two weeks ago, steers were 5.75 lower, heifers 6.5 lower. Moderate offerings were met with good 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,225	92.67	1,135	103
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,000	84.97	850	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,477	77.50	1,145	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	94.67	1,368	208
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,346	85.91	1,156	17

Every lot, as filed

8 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	—	1,366	86.03/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,175	15
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,195	85.03/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,016	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,470	94.99/cwt	90.50–96.10	1,396	187
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,225	91.86/cwt	87.50–96.00	1,125	21
Heifers	Choice	—	1,302	92.81/cwt	90.75–95.20	1,208	46
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,162	92.55/cwt	89.00–96.50	1,075	57
Heifers	Select	—	1,477	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,145	3
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,000	84.97/cwt	83.00–87.00	850	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 30, 2020

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

Receipts 351Last week 298Year ago 90

Compared to the slaughter sale two weeks ago, steers were 5.75 lower, heifers 6.5 lower. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,366	82.00–87.00	86.03
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	84.00–86.00	85.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	1,470	90.50–96.10	94.99
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,225	87.50–96.00	91.86
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,302	90.75–95.20	92.81
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,162	89.00–96.50	92.55
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,477	77.50	77.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	83.00–87.00	84.97

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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