Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 4.2 higher, choice slaughter heifers 3.5 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,285	144.19	1,852	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,399	119.91	1,677	21
Heifers	Select	Average	1,166	105.21	1,227	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,466	148.42	2,175	79
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,255	133.41	1,675	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,185	121.33	1,438	3thin

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	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,096	133.82/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,467	10
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,185	121.33/cwt	120.50–123.00	1,438	3
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,298	147.77/cwt	140.00–149.50	1,918	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,432	132.96/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,904	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,477	148.46/cwt	145.00–152.00	2,193	74
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	950	125.87/cwt	122.50–129.00	1,196	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,134	105.41/cwt	101.50–111.00	1,195	16
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,186	143.68/cwt	134.50–148.00	1,704	42
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,707	126.44/cwt	125.00–129.50	2,158	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,446	119.28/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,725	19
Heifers	Select	—	1,420	103.64/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,472	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,444	148.35/cwt	137.50–150.25	2,142	18

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 May 3, 2022

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

Receipts 207Last week 118Year ago 202

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 4.2 higher, choice slaughter heifers 3.5 higher. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,096	125.00–137.00	133.82
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,185	120.50–123.00	121.33
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,298	140.00–149.50	147.77
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,432	125.00–138.00	132.96
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,477	145.00–152.00	148.46
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	950	122.50–129.00	125.87
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,134	101.50–111.00	105.41
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,186	134.50–148.00	143.68
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,707	125.00–129.50	126.44
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,446	118.00–121.00	119.28
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	100.00–107.00	103.64
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,444	137.50–150.25	148.35

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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