Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today. Upward trend in the market. 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	1,346	109.27	1,470	66
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,276	93.89	1,198	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,287	82.52	1,062	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,341	109.96	1,474	111
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,325	99.89	1,324	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,331	83.02	1,105	5thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	1,347	82.14/cwt	81.50–86.00	1,106	8
Steers	Select	—	1,463	83.51/cwt	81.50–85.50	1,222	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,045	84.02/cwt	80.00–88.00	878	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,243	82.70/cwt	79.00–88.00	1,028	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,458	102.84/cwt	100.50–105.50	1,499	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,276	93.89/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,198	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,060	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	996	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,427	111.58/cwt	105.25–113.85	1,592	44
Steers	Choice	—	1,455	111.87/cwt	107.35–114.00	1,628	64
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,183	104.64/cwt	100.00–108.75	1,238	22
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,185	107.35/cwt	104.00–111.50	1,272	47

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 Feb 2, 2021

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

Receipts 230Last week 350Year ago 149

No comparison today. Upward trend in the market. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,347	81.50–86.00	82.14
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	80.00–88.00	84.02
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,276	91.00–95.00	93.89
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,427	105.25–113.85	111.58
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,183	100.00–108.75	104.64
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	81.50–85.50	83.51
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	79.00–88.00	82.70
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	100.50–105.50	102.84
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	94.00	94.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,455	107.35–114.00	111.87
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,185	104.00–111.50	107.35

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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