Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers 2.00-3.00 lower with light numbers this week. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Natural and no implant cattle topping the sale today. Big load of all natural heifers and plenty of smaller groups in the offering. 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,353	187.65	2,539	106
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,264	186.05	2,352	40
Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	185.98	2,679	58
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,260	180.00	2,268	7thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	1,398	185.82/cwt	183.75–186.25	2,598	18
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,349	187.24/cwt	184.50–188.85	2,526	33
Heifers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,164	184.82/cwt	184.25–186.00	2,151	29
Heifers	ChoiceNatural	—	1,341	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	2,528	55
Heifers	Select and ChoiceNatural	—	1,638	187.35/cwt	187.35–187.35	3,069	9
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,030	198.06/cwt	194.00–202.00	2,040	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,394	185.08/cwt	183.25–186.25	2,580	24
Steers	Choice	—	1,550	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,875	2
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,368	187.87/cwt	184.00–190.00	2,570	21
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,656	184.21/cwt	181.50–186.50	3,051	7
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,260	180.00/cwt	178.00–182.00	2,268	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,665	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	3,076	4

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 Nov 5, 2024

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,398	183.75–186.25	185.82
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,349	184.50–188.85	187.24
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,164	184.25–186.00	184.82
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,341	188.50	188.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,638	187.35	187.35
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	194.00–202.00	198.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,394	183.25–186.25	185.08
2	—	1,550	185.50	185.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,368	184.00–190.00	187.87
7	—	1,656	181.50–186.50	184.21
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,260	178.00–182.00	180.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,665	184.75	184.75

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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