Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers steady to 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 higher. Mostly smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand.

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	1,346	185.44	2,496	84
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,230	181.48	2,232	15
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,058	205.70	2,176	33
Steers	Choice	Average	1,474	185.22	2,731	67

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	1,346	185.44/cwt	182.00–186.50	2,496	84
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,505	177.22/cwt	175.00–179.50	2,667	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,530	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,708	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,545	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,642	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,124	183.62/cwt	182.00–190.50	2,064	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,443	185.77/cwt	183.50–186.75	2,681	25
Steers	Choice	—	1,528	184.65/cwt	181.00–186.25	2,821	23
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,352	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,508	8
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,593	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	2,939	7
Steers	ChoiceNatural	—	1,398	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	2,597	4
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,058	205.70/cwt	184.25–233.00	2,176	33

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 Oct 22, 2024

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

Receipts 208Last week 211Year ago 158

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers steady to 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 higher. Mostly smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,346	182.00–186.50	185.44
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	175.00–179.50	177.22
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,124	182.00–190.50	183.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,443	183.50–186.75	185.77
23	—	1,528	181.00–186.25	184.65
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,352	185.50	185.50
7	—	1,593	184.50	184.50
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,398	185.75	185.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,058	184.25–233.00	205.70

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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