Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 2.00 higher, choice heifers 4.75 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	1,216	123.01	1,495	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	998	101.36	1,012	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,190	78.21	931	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,325	123.63	1,638	40
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,278	113.92	1,456	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,030	82.00	845	2thin

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	—	1,244	121.09/cwt	117.00–124.50	1,506	9
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,150	118.87/cwt	112.50–121.00	1,367	11
Steers	ChoiceNatural	—	1,530	126.60/cwt	126.60–126.60	1,937	4
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,405	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,679	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,321	124.04/cwt	123.35–125.50	1,639	27
Heifers	Choice	—	1,239	125.14/cwt	123.50–126.25	1,550	23
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,278	113.92/cwt	112.50–115.00	1,456	8
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	897	100.38/cwt	91.00–104.00	900	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,505	106.25/cwt	106.25–106.25	1,599	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,030	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	845	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,065	78.31/cwt	76.00–81.00	834	2
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,440	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,123	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 Jul 6, 2021

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Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 2.00 higher, choice heifers 4.75 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
9	—	1,244	117.00–124.50	121.09
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,530	126.60	126.60
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,321	123.35–125.50	124.04
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,278	112.50–115.00	113.92
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,150	112.50–121.00	118.87
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,239	123.50–126.25	125.14
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	897	91.00–104.00	100.38
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	106.25	106.25
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	76.00–81.00	78.31
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	78.00	78.00

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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