Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 1.5 higher, heifers 1.9 higher. Moderate 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	1,254	106.91	1,341	118
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,311	98.64	1,293	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,390	85.08	1,182	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,470	106.44	1,564	148
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,223	94.31	1,153	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,213	85.00	1,031	2thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,458	85.50/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,247	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,185	83.81/cwt	80.00–88.00	993	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,213	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,031	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,384	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,384	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	1,351	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,165	95.93/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,118	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,193	94.28/cwt	90.50–97.00	1,125	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	107.49/cwt	103.50–110.00	1,431	64
Steers	Choice	—	1,517	106.89/cwt	102.00–109.75	1,622	123
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,675	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,642	1
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,154	106.38/cwt	100.00–108.50	1,228	53
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,238	104.21/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,290	25

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 Nov 24, 2020

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

Receipts 289Last week 533Year ago 299

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 1.5 higher, heifers 1.9 higher. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trading active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,458	83.00–86.00	85.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	80.00–88.00	83.81
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,384	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	95.00–97.00	95.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,331	103.50–110.00	107.49
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,154	100.00–108.50	106.38
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	85.00	85.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	94.50	94.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,193	90.50–97.00	94.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,517	102.00–109.75	106.89
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,238	100.00–106.00	104.21

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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