Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 5.00 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	1,105	185.72	2,052	79
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,107	176.01	1,948	32
Steers	Choice	Average	1,231	198.55	2,445	184
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,241	178.31	2,213	9thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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	—	1,308	188.76/cwt	183.00–192.00	2,469	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,398	173.14/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,420	7
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,061	185.06/cwt	181.00–187.50	1,963	65
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,025	176.81/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,812	25
Steers	Choice	—	1,383	187.38/cwt	182.50–198.00	2,591	91
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,298	179.45/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,329	6
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,083	209.48/cwt	183.50–214.10	2,269	93
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,128	176.02/cwt	175.00–178.00	1,986	3

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 Jun 13, 2023

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 4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 5.00 higher. Good demand. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,308	183.00–192.00	188.76
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,398	171.00–179.00	173.14
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,061	181.00–187.50	185.06
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,025	169.00–179.00	176.81
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,383	182.50–198.00	187.38
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,298	175.00–181.00	179.45
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,083	183.50–214.10	209.48
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	175.00–178.00	176.02

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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