Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

DUNLAP LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER CATTLE SALE - - - - Compared to last week's auction, choice slaughter steers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Best demand today was for cattle that never had received an implant. Demand was good for today's light offering of hard, grain fed slaughter cattle.

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	1,410	187.91	2,650	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,415	172.00	2,434	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,456	187.66	2,733	46
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,367	178.33	2,437	3thin

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	Choice	—	1,472	186.58/cwt	181.00–188.50	2,746	15
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,317	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,443	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,150	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,105	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,550	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,914	1
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,212	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,303	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,520	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,736	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,697	187.81/cwt	187.75–187.85	3,187	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	187.53/cwt	185.00–188.75	2,372	9
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,426	188.02/cwt	185.00–189.00	2,681	58
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,795	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,321	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,415	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,434	3
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,580	188.10/cwt	188.10–188.10	2,972	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,460	1

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 140Last week 179Year ago 134

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,472	181.00–188.50	186.58
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,317	185.50	185.50
11	—	1,580	188.10	188.10
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	183.00	183.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	188.00	188.00
5	—	1,697	187.75–187.85	187.81
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,212	190.00	190.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,430	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,265	185.00–188.75	187.53
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,426	185.00–189.00	188.02
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,415	172.00	172.00

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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