Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were .50 lower, heifers .50 higher. 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,363	76.69	1,045	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,238	96.62	1,196	95
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	86.69	1,143	21
Heifers	Select	Average	1,508	76.31	1,151	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,366	100.53	1,373	158
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,322	98.15	1,297	34
Steers	Select	Average	1,304	85.47	1,114	9thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	1,487	90.73/cwt	89.00–94.50	1,349	7
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,279	100.07/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,280	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,394	99.46/cwt	96.00–105.25	1,386	142
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,117	109.98/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,228	16
Steers	Select	—	1,547	83.74/cwt	79.50–85.50	1,295	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,182	86.33/cwt	83.50–89.00	1,020	6
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,481	85.87/cwt	84.50–90.50	1,272	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	98.07/cwt	97.00–98.50	1,295	7
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,079	85.96/cwt	80.00–89.50	928	7
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,421	95.22/cwt	94.00–97.50	1,353	18
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,183	96.83/cwt	92.00–98.85	1,145	70
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,604	77.83/cwt	75.50–80.00	1,248	16
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,202	71.44/cwt	69.00–76.00	859	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,334	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,201	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,416	78.40/cwt	78.00–79.50	1,110	9
Dairy Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,123	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	775	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Jul 28, 2020

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

Receipts 356Last week 376Year ago 324

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were .50 lower, heifers .50 higher. 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
7	—	1,487	89.00–94.50	90.73
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,279	98.00–103.00	100.07
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,394	96.00–105.25	99.46
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,117	105.00–117.00	109.98
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	79.50–85.50	83.74
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,182	83.50–89.00	86.33
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,481	84.50–90.50	85.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,320	97.00–98.50	98.07
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,079	80.00–89.50	85.96
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,421	94.00–97.50	95.22
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,183	92.00–98.85	96.83
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,604	75.50–80.00	77.83
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,202	69.00–76.00	71.44
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,334	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,416	78.00–79.50	78.40
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	69.00	69.00

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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