Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 2.75 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 3.4 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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,505	112.00	1,686	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,281	114.96	1,473	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,307	154.12	2,014	177
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	142.57	1,715	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,209	122.98	1,487	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,454	155.62	2,262	115
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,334	143.02	1,907	12

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	—	1,349	154.47/cwt	148.00–157.75	2,084	144
Heifers	Select	—	1,385	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,745	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,275	142.50/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,817	2
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,122	152.60/cwt	147.00–159.50	1,712	33
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,033	119.96/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,239	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,187	142.58/cwt	136.00–145.50	1,692	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,462	155.69/cwt	148.00–158.25	2,276	112
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,498	141.20/cwt	136.00–146.00	2,115	6
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,145	153.02/cwt	149.00–157.50	1,752	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,169	144.83/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,693	6
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,505	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,686	1
Dairy Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,281	114.96/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,473	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 Nov 29, 2022

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

Receipts 339Last week 225Year ago 262

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 2.75 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 3.4 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,349	148.00–157.75	154.47
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	142.00–143.00	142.50
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,122	147.00–159.50	152.60
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	119.00–121.00	119.96
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,187	136.00–145.50	142.58
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,462	148.00–158.25	155.69
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,498	136.00–146.00	141.20
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,145	149.00–157.50	153.02
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,169	141.00–147.00	144.83
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	112.00	112.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,281	110.00–119.00	114.96

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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