Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as the sale last week was not reported. Upward trend. 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	1,171	185.40	2,171	55
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,322	176.27	2,330	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,275	161.52	2,059	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,379	187.51	2,587	148
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,268	175.28	2,223	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,427	162.78	2,323	5thin

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	—	1,280	187.35/cwt	185.00–188.50	2,398	21
Heifers	Select	—	1,368	160.03/cwt	158.00–163.50	2,189	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,400	176.91/cwt	176.00–177.00	2,477	10
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,104	184.20/cwt	180.00–185.75	2,034	34
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	995	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,652	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,166	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,041	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,405	187.43/cwt	180.00–190.10	2,633	132
Steers	Select	—	1,427	162.78/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,323	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,364	173.24/cwt	168.00–177.00	2,363	7
Steers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,180	205.03/cwt	195.00–213.00	2,419	2
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,167	185.73/cwt	180.00–192.00	2,167	14
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,201	176.70/cwt	171.00–178.00	2,122	10

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 Aug 8, 2023

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

Receipts 248Last week 313Year ago 302

No comparison today, as the sale last week was not reported. Upward trend. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,280	185.00–188.50	187.35
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	158.00–163.50	160.03
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,400	176.00–177.00	176.91
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,104	180.00–185.75	184.20
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,166	175.00	175.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,405	180.00–190.10	187.43
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,427	155.00–165.00	162.78
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	168.00–177.00	173.24
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	195.00–213.00	205.03
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,167	180.00–192.00	185.73
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,201	171.00–178.00	176.70

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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