Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 2.25 lower, choice heifers 1.75 lower. 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	1,295	110.40	1,429	145
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,151	98.93	1,139	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,162	85.61	995	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,390	109.72	1,525	106
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,260	99.00	1,247	2thin

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	—	1,423	87.50/cwt	87.00–88.00	1,245	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,031	84.67/cwt	82.00–89.50	873	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,438	101.84/cwt	100.00–103.50	1,464	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,430	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,113	98.54/cwt	94.00–101.50	1,097	15
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,090	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,323	110.97/cwt	105.00–112.85	1,468	113
Steers	Choice	—	1,439	110.78/cwt	105.25–113.25	1,594	73
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,890	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,890	1
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,194	108.37/cwt	103.00–111.50	1,294	32
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,262	107.60/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,358	32

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 Mar 9, 2021

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

Receipts 287Last week 182Year ago 172

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 2.25 lower, choice heifers 1.75 lower. 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
2	—	1,423	87.00–88.00	87.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,031	82.00–89.50	84.67
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,438	100.00–103.50	101.84
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,113	94.00–101.50	98.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,323	105.00–112.85	110.97
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,194	103.00–111.50	108.37
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	100.00	100.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	98.00	98.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,439	105.25–113.25	110.78
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,890	100.00	100.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,262	101.00–110.00	107.60

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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