Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers 2.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Mostly smaller strings in the offering today. Demand was good, with several buyers in the stands.

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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,565	156.50	2,449	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,354	183.73	2,488	41
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,201	175.01	2,103	9thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,099	196.42	2,159	35
Steers	Choice	Average	1,412	185.02	2,613	77

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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,354	183.73/cwt	180.50–185.10	2,488	41
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,223	169.45/cwt	167.50–171.00	2,072	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,575	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,520	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,132	179.37/cwt	178.00–181.00	2,030	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,408	184.32/cwt	181.50–186.00	2,595	33
Steers	Choice	—	1,539	184.25/cwt	180.50–185.35	2,836	15
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,074	201.70/cwt	196.50–219.50	2,166	24
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,635	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	3,041	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,565	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	2,449	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,450	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,610	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,125	185.39/cwt	180.50–190.00	2,086	10
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,276	186.52/cwt	183.50–186.85	2,380	21
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,520	185.25/cwt	185.25–185.25	2,816	6

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 Oct 8, 2024

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

Receipts 141Last week 138Year ago 185

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers 2.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Mostly smaller strings in the offering today. Demand was good, with several buyers in the stands.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,354	180.50–185.10	183.73
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	167.50–171.00	169.45
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,132	178.00–181.00	179.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,408	181.50–186.00	184.32
15	—	1,539	180.50–185.35	184.25
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,074	196.50–219.50	201.70
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,635	186.00	186.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,125	180.50–190.00	185.39
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,276	183.50–186.85	186.52
6	—	1,520	185.25	185.25
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,565	156.50	156.50

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More