Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Choice slaughter steers and heifers were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Mostly small groups for today's light offering. Demand was good for today's cattle grading choice. Potential hot weather this week perhaps was in play.

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	1,252	193.51	2,423	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,171	188.53	2,208	38
Steers	Choice	Average	1,400	192.33	2,692	76
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,237	189.58	2,344	6thin

Every lot, as filed

7 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	—	1,182	191.66/cwt	191.00–192.50	2,265	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,654	192.01/cwt	191.00–193.00	3,176	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,291	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	2,421	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,378	192.36/cwt	190.00–194.50	2,651	70
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,143	188.84/cwt	188.00–193.50	2,158	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,355	186.50/cwt	182.50–189.00	2,527	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,252	193.51/cwt	190.50–197.50	2,423	19

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 Jul 30, 2024

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

Receipts 155Last week 194Year ago 313

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	191.00–192.50	191.66
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,654	191.00–193.00	192.01
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,291	187.50	187.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,378	190.00–194.50	192.36
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,143	188.00–193.50	188.84
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,355	182.50–189.00	186.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,252	190.50–197.50	193.51

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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