Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were .50 higher, choice heifers .75 higher. Light 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	1,328	123.44	1,639	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,297	105.85	1,373	22
Heifers	Select	Average	1,262	93.63	1,182	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,429	123.60	1,766	84
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,374	102.78	1,412	4thin

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	—	1,292	117.35/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,516	7
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,242	123.44/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,533	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,441	124.17/cwt	116.00–127.10	1,789	77
Heifers	Choice	—	1,420	123.44/cwt	119.50–126.00	1,753	15
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,075	105.47/cwt	100.00–110.50	1,134	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,128	111.46/cwt	106.00–113.50	1,257	12
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,548	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,455	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,673	100.08/cwt	98.00–101.50	1,674	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,426	106.79/cwt	102.00–111.50	1,523	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,262	93.63/cwt	91.00–95.50	1,182	13

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 Apr 13, 2021

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

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Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were .50 higher, choice heifers .75 higher. Light 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
7	—	1,292	115.00–123.00	117.35
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,441	116.00–127.10	124.17
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	100.00–110.50	105.47
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,673	98.00–101.50	100.08
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,242	117.00–126.00	123.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,420	119.50–126.00	123.44
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,128	106.00–113.50	111.46
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,548	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,426	102.00–111.50	106.79
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,262	91.00–95.50	93.63

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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