Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. 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	1,213	184.84	2,241	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,274	177.17	2,257	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,310	155.78	2,041	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,342	185.81	2,494	96
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,294	174.20	2,254	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,355	165.15	2,238	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	—	1,118	171.95/cwt	171.00–173.00	1,922	2
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,106	189.10/cwt	186.60–197.00	2,091	18
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,470	176.46/cwt	176.00–177.00	2,594	2
Steers	Select	—	1,355	165.15/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,238	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,397	185.05/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,585	78
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,147	175.56/cwt	169.50–177.50	2,014	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,110	161.01/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,787	2
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,058	186.68/cwt	183.00–205.00	1,975	20
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,350	178.13/cwt	176.50–178.50	2,405	10
Heifers	Select	—	1,355	154.62/cwt	150.00–164.50	2,095	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,347	183.24/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,468	23

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 Jul 18, 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 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. 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
2	—	1,118	171.00–173.00	171.95
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,106	186.60–197.00	189.10
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	176.00–177.00	176.46
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,355	161.00–169.00	165.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,397	180.00–188.00	185.05
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,147	169.50–177.50	175.56
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	160.00–162.00	161.01
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,058	183.00–205.00	186.68
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,350	176.50–178.50	178.13
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,355	150.00–164.50	154.62
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,347	180.00–187.00	183.24

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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