Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were .80 lower, choice slaughter heifers .75 lower. 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	1,276	140.99	1,799	44
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,361	131.29	1,787	21
Heifers	Select	Average	1,175	113.42	1,332	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,386	142.61	1,977	130
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,345	131.55	1,769	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,332	118.26	1,575	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	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,188	133.13/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,582	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	130.69/cwt	127.50–136.50	1,869	11
Steers	Select	—	1,332	118.26/cwt	113.00–123.50	1,575	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,386	142.61/cwt	139.00–147.10	1,977	130
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,080	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,409	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,063	112.39/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,195	13
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,095	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,489	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,540	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,956	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,382	131.62/cwt	129.00–132.50	1,819	18
Heifers	Select	—	1,417	115.64/cwt	110.00–121.50	1,639	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,280	141.11/cwt	135.00–143.75	1,806	43

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 Jun 7, 2022

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

Receipts 244Last week 162Year ago 148

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were .80 lower, choice slaughter heifers .75 lower. 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
6	—	1,188	129.00–137.00	133.13
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,430	127.50–136.50	130.69
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,332	113.00–123.50	118.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,386	139.00–147.10	142.61
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,063	112.00–117.00	112.39
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,382	129.00–132.50	131.62
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,417	110.00–121.50	115.64
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,280	135.00–143.75	141.11

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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