Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-03.00 lower. No implant heifers bringing 1.00 premium. Mostly smaller packages 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,598	176.20	2,816	4thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,785	143.39	2,560	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,380	182.34	2,516	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,233	176.37	2,174	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,435	181.93	2,610	36
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,588	180.57	2,867	7thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Bulls	—	—	1,853	142.08/cwt	137.50–147.50	2,633	11
Bulls	—	—	1,925	154.02/cwt	151.50–156.00	2,965	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,272	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,781	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,290	169.69/cwt	169.50–171.00	2,189	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,373	182.24/cwt	180.00–183.00	2,502	40
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,188	181.57/cwt	175.50–183.25	2,157	9
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,288	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,357	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,504	183.75/cwt	183.75–183.75	2,764	11
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,418	181.26/cwt	180.75–182.00	2,570	3
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,638	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,948	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,813	178.75/cwt	178.75–178.75	3,241	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,598	176.20/cwt	172.50–180.50	2,816	4
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,402	182.69/cwt	179.50–184.00	2,561	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,365	181.28/cwt	180.00–183.50	2,474	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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Nov 19, 2024

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

Receipts 142Last week 194Year ago 139

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-03.00 lower. No implant heifers bringing 1.00 premium. Mostly smaller packages in the offering today. Good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,853	137.50–147.50	142.08
2	—	1,925	151.50–156.00	154.02
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,272	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,290	169.50–171.00	169.69
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,373	180.00–183.00	182.24
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,188	175.50–183.25	181.57
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,402	179.50–184.00	182.69
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,288	183.00	183.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,504	183.75	183.75
19	—	1,365	180.00–183.50	181.28
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,418	180.75–182.00	181.26
3	—	1,638	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,813	178.75	178.75
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,598	172.50–180.50	176.20

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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