Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00 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	1,272	140.79	1,790	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	128.54	1,575	27
Heifers	Select	Average	1,425	102.12	1,455	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,344	142.79	1,919	50
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,253	132.09	1,655	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,143	116.75	1,334	2thin

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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,257	141.85/cwt	137.00–143.50	1,783	56
Heifers	Select	—	1,425	102.12/cwt	101.00–104.50	1,455	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,225	128.54/cwt	124.25–135.75	1,575	27
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,534	132.06/cwt	130.00–135.00	2,026	5
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,028	133.05/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,368	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,358	143.45/cwt	140.00–146.50	1,948	45
Steers	Select	—	1,290	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,516	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,328	133.15/cwt	131.00–133.50	1,768	6
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,216	136.84/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,664	5
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	995	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,154	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,028	128.92/cwt	126.00–131.50	1,325	2

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 31, 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 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00 higher. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,257	137.00–143.50	141.85
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,425	101.00–104.50	102.12
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,225	124.25–135.75	128.54
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,534	130.00–135.00	132.06
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	132.00–134.00	133.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,358	140.00–146.50	143.45
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	117.50	117.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,328	131.00–133.50	133.15
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,216	135.00–144.00	136.84
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	116.00	116.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	126.00–131.50	128.92

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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