Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

DUNLAP LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER CATTLE SALE - - - - - - Compared to last Tuesday, slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Very good demand for this lighter offering of long time, hard-fed steers and heifers, yet the best demand remains for cattle that have never received an implant.

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	Low	1,353	183.98	2,490	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,147	181.78	2,086	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,427	184.74	2,636	58
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,293	184.69	2,388	18
Steers	Select	Average	1,345	180.50	2,428	1thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	Choice	—	1,333	184.35/cwt	184.00–186.00	2,457	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,240	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,263	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,233	185.78/cwt	184.50–186.50	2,291	12
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,585	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,893	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,150	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,093	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,147	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	2,085	14
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,617	184.33/cwt	184.00–185.50	2,981	9
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,261	184.63/cwt	183.00–186.50	2,328	17
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,563	1
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,385	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,521	2
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,253	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	2,277	7
Steers	Select	—	1,345	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	2,428	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,341	183.27/cwt	181.00–185.50	2,458	18
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,359	185.67/cwt	184.00–187.00	2,523	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,543	185.56/cwt	184.00–186.50	2,863	8
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,579	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,945	9
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,621	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,934	3

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 Mar 12, 2024

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

Receipts 179Last week 269Year ago 161

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,333	184.00–186.00	184.35
1	—	1,440	178.00	178.00
8	—	1,543	184.00–186.50	185.56
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,240	182.50	182.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,233	184.50–186.50	185.78
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,585	182.50	182.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,617	184.00–185.50	184.33
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,261	183.00–186.50	184.63
2	—	1,385	182.00	182.00
9	—	1,579	186.50	186.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,147	181.75	181.75
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,253	181.75	181.75
22	—	1,359	184.00–187.00	185.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,341	181.00–185.50	183.27
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,621	181.00	181.00

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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