Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison applicable, as it's been several weeks since the last covered sale. Choice slaughter steers and heifers remain mostly steady. Trading active. Good demand.

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	1,311	133.90	1,755	105
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,312	124.04	1,628	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,070	110.00	1,177	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,309	135.29	1,771	75
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,453	128.24	1,863	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,357	108.52	1,472	3thin

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
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,080	111.03/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,199	2
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,229	134.48/cwt	130.00–136.75	1,653	49
Steers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,910	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,977	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,453	128.24/cwt	127.00–129.50	1,863	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,459	136.81/cwt	134.50–140.00	1,996	26
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,170	123.56/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,446	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,070	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,177	2
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,194	130.58/cwt	127.00–133.75	1,559	40
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,550	129.56/cwt	127.00–132.00	2,008	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,419	124.40/cwt	123.00–126.50	1,765	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,377	136.14/cwt	132.50–138.25	1,875	63

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 Jan 18, 2022

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

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No comparison applicable, as it's been several weeks since the last covered sale. Choice slaughter steers and heifers remain mostly steady. Trading active. Good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	110.00–112.00	111.03
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,229	130.00–136.75	134.48
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,910	103.50	103.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	127.00–129.50	128.24
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,459	134.50–140.00	136.81
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	122.00–125.00	123.56
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,194	127.00–133.75	130.58
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,550	127.00–132.00	129.56
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,419	123.00–126.50	124.40
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,377	132.50–138.25	136.14

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