Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers and heifers were 4.00 higher. Cattle futures are rebounding this week, bringing better prices in the market. Demand was good today. The next fat cattle sale will be December 27.

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	1,424	169.76	2,418	66
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,202	162.69	1,956	38
Heifers	Select	Average	1,223	153.55	1,877	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,562	169.21	2,643	53
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,223	162.46	1,987	28
Steers	Select	Average	1,213	152.59	1,851	2thin

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
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,223	162.46/cwt	159.50–168.50	1,987	28
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,213	152.59/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,851	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,668	168.87/cwt	160.50–170.85	2,817	26
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,485	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,554	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,515	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	2,594	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,408	167.50/cwt	165.50–171.00	2,358	13
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,182	163.04/cwt	158.00–166.25	1,927	34
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,181	154.34/cwt	150.00–156.50	1,823	9
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,367	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,351	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,373	159.72/cwt	157.00–162.50	2,193	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,115	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,430	169.54/cwt	166.25–170.50	2,424	60

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 Dec 19, 2023

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

Receipts 204Last week 271Year ago 155

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,223	159.50–168.50	162.46
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	150.00–155.00	152.59
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,668	160.50–170.85	168.87
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,485	172.00	172.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,515	171.25	171.25
13	—	1,408	165.50–171.00	167.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,182	158.00–166.25	163.04
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,181	150.00–156.50	154.34
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,367	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,373	157.00–162.50	159.72
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,430	166.25–170.50	169.54

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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