Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 3.00 higher, choice heifers 1.7 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	1,251	119.06	1,489	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,058	96.15	1,017	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,200	77.58	931	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,379	121.51	1,675	83
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,149	105.42	1,211	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,228	80.85	993	2thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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	—	1,440	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,037	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,166	78.38/cwt	73.00–85.00	914	7
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,228	80.85/cwt	78.00–83.50	993	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,058	96.15/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,017	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,149	105.42/cwt	98.50–110.00	1,211	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	120.39/cwt	112.75–124.00	1,602	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,402	121.97/cwt	114.00–123.25	1,710	70
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,155	117.47/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,357	15
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,252	119.06/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,491	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 Jun 29, 2021

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

Receipts 139Last week 111Year ago 351

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 3.00 higher, choice heifers 1.7 higher. Light 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
1	—	1,440	72.00	72.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,166	73.00–85.00	78.38
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,058	94.00–98.00	96.15
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,331	112.75–124.00	120.39
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,155	110.00–122.00	117.47
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	78.00–83.50	80.85
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,149	98.50–110.00	105.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,402	114.00–123.25	121.97
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,252	114.00–122.00	119.06

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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