Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers were .80 higher. Good demand. 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	1,307	150.15	1,962	109
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,326	141.26	1,873	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,313	123.46	1,621	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,373	151.04	2,074	43
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,393	142.26	1,982	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,289	115.19	1,484	3thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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	—	1,010	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,121	1
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,202	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,857	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,715	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	2,461	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,393	142.26/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,982	12
Steers	Select	—	1,428	117.28/cwt	112.00–123.00	1,675	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,369	151.16/cwt	146.00–153.50	2,069	38
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,150	147.77/cwt	144.00–152.50	1,699	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,326	141.26/cwt	140.50–144.00	1,873	11
Heifers	Select	—	1,313	123.46/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,378	151.23/cwt	145.00–154.50	2,084	75

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 15, 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 two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers were .80 higher. Good demand. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	111.00	111.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,202	154.50	154.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,715	143.50	143.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,393	135.00–145.00	142.26
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	112.00–123.00	117.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,369	146.00–153.50	151.16
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,150	144.00–152.50	147.77
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,326	140.50–144.00	141.26
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	123.00–124.00	123.46
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,378	145.00–154.50	151.23

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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