Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Upward trend in both steers and heifers. Light 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	1,264	104.01	1,315	107
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,262	90.13	1,137	19
Heifers	Select	Average	1,251	75.95	950	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,368	105.53	1,443	124
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,301	96.14	1,251	11

Every lot, as filed

10 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	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,198	104.33/cwt	99.50–110.25	1,250	37
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,210	100.34/cwt	95.00–105.75	1,214	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	106.04/cwt	99.50–107.85	1,527	87
Heifers	Choice	—	1,266	104.15/cwt	98.00–107.00	1,319	103
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,174	95.51/cwt	90.50–97.75	1,121	6
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,262	90.13/cwt	86.50–93.50	1,137	19
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,454	96.89/cwt	96.00–97.50	1,409	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,168	76.53/cwt	72.00–80.00	894	5
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,530	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,117	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,385	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,053	1

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 Oct 13, 2020

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

Receipts 297Last week 221Year ago 256

No recent market coverage for comparison. Upward trend in both steers and heifers. Light offerings were met with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,198	99.50–110.25	104.33
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,440	99.50–107.85	106.04
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,174	90.50–97.75	95.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,454	96.00–97.50	96.89
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,210	95.00–105.75	100.34
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,266	98.00–107.00	104.15
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,262	86.50–93.50	90.13
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,168	72.00–80.00	76.53
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	73.00	73.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	76.00	76.00

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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