Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers and heifers were steady. No implant cattle showed a bit of a premium. 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	1,285	181.49	2,333	107
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,259	175.59	2,210	42
Steers	Choice	Average	1,427	180.45	2,575	120
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,243	174.79	2,173	18

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	—	1,321	181.88/cwt	179.50–183.75	2,403	52
Heifers	Choice	—	1,523	179.59/cwt	176.00–184.00	2,735	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,356	176.42/cwt	175.50–177.00	2,392	20
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,272	182.17/cwt	179.00–184.50	2,317	15
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,163	181.06/cwt	179.00–191.00	2,106	31
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,170	174.83/cwt	169.50–177.50	2,046	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,366	180.07/cwt	177.00–182.25	2,460	47
Steers	Choice	—	1,630	180.44/cwt	177.50–182.00	2,941	35
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,322	174.62/cwt	172.00–176.00	2,308	10
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,439	182.89/cwt	180.85–183.75	2,632	18
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,204	179.18/cwt	178.00–191.00	2,157	20
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,145	175.00/cwt	174.00–176.00	2,004	8

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 Nov 7, 2023

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

Receipts 322Last week 158Year ago 152

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers and heifers were steady. No implant cattle showed a bit of a premium. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,321	179.50–183.75	181.88
9	—	1,523	176.00–184.00	179.59
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,356	175.50–177.00	176.42
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,272	179.00–184.50	182.17
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,163	179.00–191.00	181.06
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,170	169.50–177.50	174.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,366	177.00–182.25	180.07
35	—	1,630	177.50–182.00	180.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,322	172.00–176.00	174.62
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,439	180.85–183.75	182.89
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,204	178.00–191.00	179.18
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,145	174.00–176.00	175.00

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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