Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today. Last week's sale was not covered due to the extreme heat and low receipts. 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	1,252	185.88	2,327	66
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,148	177.45	2,038	42
Heifers	Select	Average	1,328	161.08	2,139	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,308	188.88	2,471	205
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,300	174.02	2,262	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,423	162.85	2,317	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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,309	186.08/cwt	182.00–187.50	2,436	36
Heifers	Select	—	1,328	161.08/cwt	153.00–167.00	2,139	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,271	178.66/cwt	175.50–180.00	2,271	16
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,645	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,731	1
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,183	185.64/cwt	181.00–187.50	2,196	30
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,050	177.14/cwt	170.00–178.00	1,860	25
Steers	Choice	—	1,380	185.27/cwt	180.50–188.00	2,557	147
Steers	Select	—	1,423	162.85/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,317	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,459	173.73/cwt	169.00–177.00	2,535	8
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,127	198.03/cwt	180.50–208.00	2,232	58
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,202	174.20/cwt	170.00–177.50	2,094	13

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 29, 2023

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

Receipts 352Last week 225Year ago 157

No comparison today. Last week's sale was not covered due to the extreme heat and low receipts. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,309	182.00–187.50	186.08
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,328	153.00–167.00	161.08
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,271	175.50–180.00	178.66
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,183	181.00–187.50	185.64
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,050	170.00–178.00	177.14
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	1,380	180.50–188.00	185.27
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,423	160.00–165.00	162.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,459	169.00–177.00	173.73
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,127	180.50–208.00	198.03
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,202	170.00–177.50	174.20

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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