Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.5 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

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	1,295	143.08	1,853	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,286	134.13	1,725	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,271	115.35	1,467	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,434	144.96	2,079	148
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,488	134.60	2,003	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,058	123.92	1,311	5thin

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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	947	122.53/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,160	3
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,198	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,704	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,488	134.60/cwt	130.00–138.50	2,003	6
Steers	Select	—	1,225	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,544	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	145.11/cwt	140.50–148.00	2,101	140
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,014	134.07/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,359	8
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	860	117.64/cwt	115.00–120.50	1,012	2
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,042	138.72/cwt	137.50–141.50	1,445	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,414	134.16/cwt	130.00–137.50	1,897	17
Heifers	Select	—	1,477	114.21/cwt	110.00–115.50	1,687	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,358	144.17/cwt	139.00–147.50	1,958	28

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 Jul 19, 2022

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

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Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.5 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	947	121.00–125.00	122.53
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,198	142.25	142.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,488	130.00–138.50	134.60
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	126.00	126.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,448	140.50–148.00	145.11
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,014	130.00–136.00	134.07
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	115.00–120.50	117.64
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,042	137.50–141.50	138.72
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,414	130.00–137.50	134.16
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,477	110.00–115.50	114.21
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,358	139.00–147.50	144.17

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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