Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday's sale, choice slaughter steers were 4.75 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were 3.25 higher active trade and good demand.

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	1,324	150.17	1,988	80
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	137.93	1,669	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,403	151.34	2,124	50

Every lot, as filed

7 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	—	1,343	150.36/cwt	145.50–155.00	2,019	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,374	135.06/cwt	130.25–141.50	1,856	7
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,189	148.84/cwt	146.00–151.25	1,770	10
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,095	139.94/cwt	138.50–144.50	1,532	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,433	151.52/cwt	144.50–156.50	2,171	42
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,753	138.76/cwt	138.50–139.00	2,432	2
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,079	154.29/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,665	6

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 Nov 1, 2022

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

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Compared to last Tuesday's sale, choice slaughter steers were 4.75 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were 3.25 higher active trade and good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,343	145.50–155.00	150.36
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,374	130.25–141.50	135.06
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,189	146.00–151.25	148.84
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,095	138.50–144.50	139.94
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,433	144.50–156.50	151.52
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,753	138.50–139.00	138.76
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,079	149.00–159.00	154.29

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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