Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction last Tuesday, in today's light offering, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was good today's offering. Trade was active.

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	1,454	176.98	2,574	71
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	159.42	2,005	16
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,597	181.25	2,895	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,412	177.09	2,501	26
Steers	Select	Average	1,215	170.00	2,066	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,353	164.26	2,222	7thin

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	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,740	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,062	1
Steers	Choice and PrimeCertified Prgms	—	1,597	181.25/cwt	181.25–181.25	2,895	5
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,469	177.73/cwt	176.50–178.25	2,611	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,353	164.26/cwt	160.00–171.00	2,222	7
Steers	Select	—	1,215	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,066	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,520	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,690	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	176.72/cwt	172.50–179.50	2,432	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,317	178.75/cwt	178.75–178.75	2,354	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,160	157.25/cwt	129.00–175.00	1,824	12
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,437	177.22/cwt	175.75–178.25	2,547	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,550	165.93/cwt	162.50–177.00	2,572	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,457	176.95/cwt	169.00–179.00	2,578	62

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 Feb 13, 2024

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

Receipts 165Last week 206Year ago 192

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	176.00	176.00
Steers — Choice and Prime · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,597	181.25	181.25
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,469	176.50–178.25	177.73
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,353	160.00–171.00	164.26
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	170.00	170.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	177.00	177.00
16	—	1,376	172.50–179.50	176.72
2	—	1,317	178.75	178.75
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,160	129.00–175.00	157.25
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,437	175.75–178.25	177.22
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,550	162.50–177.00	165.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,457	169.00–179.00	176.95

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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