Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday steers were mostly steady, heifers 1.75 higher. Heavy offerings were met with good demand. Trading 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	1,273	105.52	1,343	196
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,136	93.99	1,068	22
Heifers	Select	Average	1,019	82.40	840	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,370	105.92	1,452	269
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,102	96.18	1,060	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,228	84.34	1,036	10

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	—	1,257	107.27/cwt	103.00–112.50	1,348	83
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,083	105.28/cwt	101.00–110.50	1,140	48
Steers	Choice	—	1,421	105.32/cwt	101.75–108.50	1,497	186
Heifers	Choice	—	1,334	105.60/cwt	100.35–109.50	1,409	148
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,100	95.84/cwt	92.50–100.00	1,054	15
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,136	93.99/cwt	88.50–99.00	1,068	22
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,118	98.72/cwt	98.50–99.00	1,104	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,156	83.80/cwt	80.00–89.00	969	8
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,019	82.40/cwt	81.50–83.50	840	4
Steers	Select	—	1,515	86.51/cwt	86.00–87.00	1,311	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 Nov 17, 2020

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

Receipts 533Last week 442Year ago 323

Compared to the sale last Tuesday steers were mostly steady, heifers 1.75 higher. Heavy offerings were met with good demand. Trading active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,257	103.00–112.50	107.27
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	1,421	101.75–108.50	105.32
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,100	92.50–100.00	95.84
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	98.50–99.00	98.72
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,156	80.00–89.00	83.80
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	86.00–87.00	86.51
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,083	101.00–110.50	105.28
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,334	100.35–109.50	105.60
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,136	88.50–99.00	93.99
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,019	81.50–83.50	82.40

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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