Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 2.8 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.6 higher. Demand good. 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,308	96.72	1,265	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,295	141.08	1,828	24
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,418	121.60	1,725	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,144	93.37	1,068	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,378	142.75	1,968	24
Steers	Select	Average	1,523	105.78	1,611	2thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Bulls	—	—	1,904	102.64/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,954	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,184	95.49/cwt	93.00–99.50	1,131	24
Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	144.82/cwt	138.00–146.50	2,035	14
Heifers	Select	—	1,365	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,242	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,399	121.37/cwt	120.00–121.50	1,698	11
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,295	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,651	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,407	144.24/cwt	133.00–148.00	2,029	21
Steers	Select	—	1,523	105.78/cwt	99.00–113.00	1,611	2
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,177	132.35/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,558	3
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,870	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,683	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,648	116.95/cwt	113.50–120.00	1,927	2
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,142	135.85/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,551	10
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,025	94.09/cwt	90.00–100.00	964	8

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 19, 2022

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 slaughter steers were 2.8 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.6 higher. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,904	99.00–105.00	102.64
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,184	93.00–99.50	95.49
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,405	138.00–146.50	144.82
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,399	120.00–121.50	121.37
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	113.50–120.00	116.95
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,142	130.00–145.00	135.85
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,025	90.00–100.00	94.09
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,407	133.00–148.00	144.24
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,523	99.00–113.00	105.78
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,177	130.00–135.00	132.35

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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