Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers 2.00 higher, steers over 1500 lbs 4.00-5.00 higher. No implant steers bringing a slight premium. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. A few load lots in the offering, along with many smaller packages. Demand good.

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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,358	183.00	2,485	82
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,505	184.75	2,780	48
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,341	188.03	2,522	56
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,142	186.96	2,134	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	188.32	2,756	107
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,248	186.89	2,332	12

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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,358	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,485	82
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,505	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	2,780	48
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,248	186.89/cwt	183.75–193.50	2,332	12
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,776	189.00/cwt	188.75–191.00	3,357	9
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,456	189.66/cwt	188.50–190.75	2,761	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,576	189.55/cwt	189.50–190.00	2,987	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,392	187.61/cwt	185.00–190.25	2,612	66
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,089	185.99/cwt	183.00–194.50	2,025	7
Heifers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,166	187.41/cwt	186.50–189.75	2,185	15
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,296	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,449	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,349	187.87/cwt	185.00–190.00	2,534	48

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 336Last week 208Year ago 158

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,358	183.00	183.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,505	184.75	184.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,248	183.75–193.50	186.89
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,776	188.75–191.00	189.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,456	188.50–190.75	189.66
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,576	189.50–190.00	189.55
66	—	1,392	185.00–190.25	187.61
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,089	183.00–194.50	185.99
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,166	186.50–189.75	187.41
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,296	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,349	185.00–190.00	187.87

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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