Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers .60 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,352	154.56	2,089	80
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,288	142.59	1,837	21
Heifers	Select	Average	1,107	126.18	1,396	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,495	155.43	2,323	82
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	142.33	1,772	3thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,180	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,676	1
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,147	150.66/cwt	145.00–153.50	1,728	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,900	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	2,670	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,278	142.49/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,821	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,503	155.80/cwt	148.00–157.85	2,342	78
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,177	142.74/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,680	11
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	967	127.07/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,229	3
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,187	149.62/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,776	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,411	142.43/cwt	139.50–144.00	2,010	10
Heifers	Select	—	1,525	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,883	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,370	155.11/cwt	148.50–157.00	2,125	72

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Dec 6, 2022

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

Receipts 190Last week 339Year ago 225

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers .60 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	142.00	142.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,147	145.00–153.50	150.66
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,900	140.50	140.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,278	141.00–144.00	142.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,503	148.00–157.85	155.80
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,177	140.00–143.00	142.74
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	125.00–130.00	127.07
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,187	148.00–150.00	149.62
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,411	139.50–144.00	142.43
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,370	148.50–157.00	155.11

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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