Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 4.5 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.5 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	1,303	154.00	2,007	86
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,212	143.62	1,741	39
Steers	Choice	Average	1,423	151.69	2,159	24
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,352	145.11	1,961	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,380	133.50	1,842	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
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,207	145.31/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,754	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,105	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,448	1
Steers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,315	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,104	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,785	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	2,579	1
Steers	Select	—	1,655	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,251	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,428	151.33/cwt	150.00–155.50	2,161	23
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,010	145.60/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,471	24
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,003	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,535	13
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,551	140.38/cwt	139.75–140.75	2,177	14
Heifers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,158	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,844	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,310	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,854	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,378	153.64/cwt	149.00–156.50	2,117	66

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 Dec 13, 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 last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 4.5 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.5 lower. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,207	145.00–146.00	145.31
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	131.00	131.00
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	160.00	160.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	144.50	144.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	136.00	136.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,428	150.00–155.50	151.33
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,010	141.00–146.00	145.60
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,003	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,551	139.75–140.75	140.38
Heifers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,158	159.25	159.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,378	149.00–156.50	153.64

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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