Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers and heifers were 2.00 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	1,195	141.62	1,693	75
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,124	132.18	1,486	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,255	112.93	1,417	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,375	142.44	1,958	89
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,293	131.64	1,702	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,268	116.00	1,470	2thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	1,320	142.17/cwt	139.00–145.50	1,877	25
Heifers	Select	—	1,455	114.77/cwt	113.50–116.00	1,670	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,925	1
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,133	141.34/cwt	139.00–144.00	1,601	50
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,055	111.08/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,172	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,098	132.63/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,456	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,428	142.73/cwt	138.50–144.50	2,038	71
Steers	Select	—	1,360	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,523	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,387	130.60/cwt	128.00–136.50	1,811	12
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,164	141.30/cwt	140.00–143.50	1,645	18
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,175	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,410	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,132	133.43/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,510	7

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 Oct 11, 2022

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

Receipts 206Last week 217Year ago 201

Compared to last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers and heifers were 2.00 lower. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,320	139.00–145.50	142.17
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	113.50–116.00	114.77
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,133	139.00–144.00	141.34
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	109.00–113.00	111.08
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,098	120.00–135.00	132.63
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,428	138.50–144.50	142.73
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	112.00	112.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,387	128.00–136.50	130.60
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,164	140.00–143.50	141.30
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	120.00	120.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,132	128.00–136.00	133.43

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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