Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 higher. 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	1,336	182.65	2,441	76
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,179	173.72	2,048	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,203	160.61	1,933	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	183.13	2,630	62
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,222	174.17	2,129	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,420	165.00	2,343	1thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	—	1,420	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,343	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,425	182.69/cwt	179.50–183.60	2,603	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,523	181.85/cwt	175.00–182.25	2,770	29
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,020	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,642	1
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,065	191.32/cwt	178.00–207.00	2,038	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,293	174.53/cwt	170.00–175.50	2,257	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,134	173.73/cwt	170.00–176.50	1,970	4
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,069	182.19/cwt	178.00–189.00	1,948	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,253	172.57/cwt	171.00–175.00	2,162	3
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,068	175.44/cwt	175.00–176.00	1,874	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,295	160.42/cwt	160.00–161.00	2,077	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,299	182.30/cwt	178.00–183.50	2,368	33
Heifers	Choice	—	1,599	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	2,934	24

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 Oct 24, 2023

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

Receipts 158Last week 175Year ago 356

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	165.00	165.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,425	179.50–183.60	182.69
29	—	1,523	175.00–182.25	181.85
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,065	178.00–207.00	191.32
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,293	170.00–175.50	174.53
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,134	170.00–176.50	173.73
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,069	178.00–189.00	182.19
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	171.00–175.00	172.57
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	175.00–176.00	175.44
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	160.00–161.00	160.42
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,299	178.00–183.50	182.30
24	—	1,599	183.50	183.50

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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