Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers were .40 higher, heifers 1.00 lower. Heavy 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	1,244	100.28	1,248	156
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,171	86.47	1,013	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,450	77.51	1,124	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,384	101.05	1,399	220
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,328	90.05	1,196	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,238	83.95	1,039	6thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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 ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,080	86.22/cwt	82.00–90.00	931	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	100.36/cwt	98.50–102.00	1,288	42
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,230	100.25/cwt	94.50–103.00	1,233	114
Heifers	Select	—	1,355	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,057	1
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,584	76.39/cwt	76.00–76.50	1,210	8
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,207	79.63/cwt	79.50–80.00	961	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,323	86.89/cwt	85.00–92.50	1,150	6
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,218	91.92/cwt	89.00–95.50	1,120	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	100.94/cwt	98.00–104.50	1,425	179
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,263	101.53/cwt	97.50–105.00	1,282	41
Steers	Select	—	1,343	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,128	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,185	83.93/cwt	79.00–86.00	995	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,425	88.41/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,260	8

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 15, 2020

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

Receipts 457Last week 307Year ago 189

Compared to two weeks ago steers were .40 higher, heifers 1.00 lower. Heavy offerings were met with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,080	82.00–90.00	86.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,283	98.50–102.00	100.36
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,230	94.50–103.00	100.25
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,584	76.00–76.50	76.39
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,207	79.50–80.00	79.63
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,323	85.00–92.50	86.89
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,218	89.00–95.50	91.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	1,412	98.00–104.50	100.94
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,263	97.50–105.00	101.53
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	84.00	84.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,185	79.00–86.00	83.93
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,425	88.00–90.00	88.41

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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