Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers were 5.25 lower heifers, 1.25 lower. Moderate offerings were met with 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,231	101.68	1,252	94
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,207	93.26	1,126	23
Heifers	Select	Average	1,088	79.32	863	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,315	103.82	1,365	150
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,302	93.29	1,214	13

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	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,478	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,286	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,243	95.16/cwt	95.00–95.50	1,183	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,088	79.32/cwt	75.00–84.50	863	6
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,145	103.12/cwt	99.50–111.50	1,181	23
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,550	94.75/cwt	94.50–95.00	1,469	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,251	101.40/cwt	98.75–103.00	1,269	69
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,171	93.64/cwt	90.00–97.50	1,097	18
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,192	93.42/cwt	89.50–99.50	1,114	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,477	93.09/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,375	5
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,208	107.53/cwt	102.00–114.50	1,299	57
Steers	Choice	—	1,381	101.54/cwt	98.00–107.50	1,402	93

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 Sep 1, 2020

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

Receipts 307Last week 333Year ago 257

Compared to two weeks ago steers were 5.25 lower heifers, 1.25 lower. Moderate offerings were met with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,478	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	95.00–95.50	95.16
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,088	75.00–84.50	79.32
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,145	99.50–111.50	103.12
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,550	94.50–95.00	94.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,251	98.75–103.00	101.40
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,171	90.00–97.50	93.64
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,192	89.50–99.50	93.42
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,477	91.00–97.00	93.09
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,208	102.00–114.50	107.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,381	98.00–107.50	101.54

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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