Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 3.25 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	1,274	145.28	1,851	141
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,177	133.20	1,567	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,413	115.13	1,627	27
Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	144.99	2,096	162
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,280	132.97	1,703	35
Steers	Select	Average	1,383	117.12	1,620	28

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	1,314	145.29/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,909	118
Heifers	Select	—	1,541	114.27/cwt	105.00–118.50	1,761	16
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,357	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,730	7
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,693	124.76/cwt	123.50–126.00	2,112	2
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,071	145.24/cwt	141.50–146.75	1,556	23
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,137	117.62/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,337	9
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,079	134.01/cwt	130.50–137.00	1,446	10
Steers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,893	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,959	6
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,033	136.75/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,413	16
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,630	110.75/cwt	110.50–111.00	1,805	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,461	145.09/cwt	139.00–147.50	2,120	152
Steers	Select	—	1,309	120.22/cwt	117.00–126.50	1,574	14
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,361	132.55/cwt	128.50–137.50	1,804	25
Steers	ChoiceNatural	—	1,420	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	2,109	2
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,156	142.27/cwt	139.00–144.50	1,645	8
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,130	121.92/cwt	118.50–125.00	1,378	8

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 Sep 27, 2022

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

Receipts 440Last week 615Year ago 206

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 3.25 lower. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,314	139.00–148.00	145.29
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,541	105.00–118.50	114.27
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,357	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,693	123.50–126.00	124.76
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,071	141.50–146.75	145.24
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,137	111.00–121.00	117.62
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,033	133.00–138.00	136.75
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	110.50–111.00	110.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,079	130.50–137.00	134.01
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,893	103.50	103.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,461	139.00–147.50	145.09
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,309	117.00–126.50	120.22
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,361	128.50–137.50	132.55
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	148.50	148.50
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,156	139.00–144.50	142.27
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,130	118.50–125.00	121.92

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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