Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago choice slaughter steers were 2.25 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.9 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	1,332	142.80	1,902	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,346	123.79	1,666	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,397	144.79	2,022	82
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,343	133.06	1,788	8thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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	—	1,185	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,505	1
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,150	143.28/cwt	139.50–147.00	1,648	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,366	133.93/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,829	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,403	144.83/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,032	80
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,083	139.15/cwt	139.00–141.00	1,507	13
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,639	116.34/cwt	116.00–116.50	1,907	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,236	126.58/cwt	121.00–132.50	1,565	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,415	144.02/cwt	139.50–145.75	2,038	39

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 21, 2022

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

Receipts 155Last week 244Year ago 111

Compared to the sale two weeks ago choice slaughter steers were 2.25 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.9 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
1	—	1,185	127.00	127.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	139.50–147.00	143.28
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,366	125.00–136.00	133.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,403	140.00–150.00	144.83
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,083	139.00–141.00	139.15
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,639	116.00–116.50	116.34
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,236	121.00–132.50	126.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,415	139.50–145.75	144.02

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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