Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers sold steady. Demand was good for the light supply of market ready cattle. Few, cattle didn't make the trip to town due to the sharply lower CME cattle boards on Monday. Few, light weight cattle returned to the country to go back on feed.

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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,525	150.00	2,288	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,366	185.19	2,529	27
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,172	181.58	2,128	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,465	185.11	2,713	27
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	185.00	2,237	9thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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	—	1,209	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,237	9
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,602	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,916	2
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,356	184.92/cwt	183.00–186.00	2,508	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,510	185.60/cwt	184.25–189.00	2,803	16
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,172	181.58/cwt	175.00–183.00	2,128	5
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,337	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	2,470	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,380	185.41/cwt	183.60–188.00	2,559	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,288	12

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 Apr 2, 2024

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

Receipts 90Last week 84Year ago 187

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,209	185.00	185.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,602	182.00	182.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,356	183.00–186.00	184.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,510	184.25–189.00	185.60
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,172	175.00–183.00	181.58
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,337	184.75	184.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,380	183.60–188.00	185.41
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,525	150.00	150.00

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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