Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 1.5 higher, choice heifers .6 higher. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade 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	1,311	107.04	1,403	146
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,308	98.28	1,285	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,240	91.53	1,135	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,409	108.05	1,522	123
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,268	98.77	1,252	13

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
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,237	106.39/cwt	104.25–110.50	1,316	19
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,257	106.48/cwt	101.00–111.10	1,338	64
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,587	97.63/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,549	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	108.35/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,560	104
Heifers	Choice	—	1,338	108.12/cwt	103.50–110.25	1,447	77
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,219	97.68/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,191	7
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,282	97.25/cwt	95.00–99.75	1,247	9
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,760	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	1,681	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,238	100.96/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,250	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,354	100.14/cwt	98.00–101.50	1,356	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,190	90.70/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,079	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,390	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,307	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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Dec 1, 2020

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

Receipts 327Last week 289Year ago 445

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 1.5 higher, choice heifers .6 higher. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,237	104.25–110.50	106.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,440	104.00–111.00	108.35
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,219	92.00–100.00	97.68
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	95.50	95.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,238	100.00–102.00	100.96
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,257	101.00–111.10	106.48
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,587	96.00–98.00	97.63
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,338	103.50–110.25	108.12
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,282	95.00–99.75	97.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,354	98.00–101.50	100.14
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,190	90.00–91.00	90.70
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	94.00	94.00

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