Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Not enough steers in the previous sale for comparison. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00-4.00 higher. No implant heifers bringing a slight premium. Most of the sale consisted of smaller packages. 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	Select and Choice	Average	1,312	188.49	2,473	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,399	186.39	2,609	110
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,052	189.00	1,988	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	186.51	2,737	109

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
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,636	187.31/cwt	186.00–187.75	3,064	15
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,052	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,988	2
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,558	187.53/cwt	186.75–188.00	2,922	18
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,423	186.46/cwt	185.50–187.50	2,653	30
Steers	Choice	—	1,543	187.05/cwt	183.50–188.00	2,886	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,385	185.72/cwt	182.50–187.75	2,572	40
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,124	191.44/cwt	185.50–199.00	2,152	5
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,568	187.20/cwt	183.50–187.75	2,935	8
Heifers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,153	187.86/cwt	187.25–191.00	2,166	7
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,401	186.91/cwt	184.50–188.50	2,619	27
Heifers	Choice	—	1,399	186.22/cwt	183.00–188.00	2,605	83

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 Dec 3, 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
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,636	186.00–187.75	187.31
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,052	189.00	189.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,558	186.75–188.00	187.53
30	—	1,423	185.50–187.50	186.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,543	183.50–188.00	187.05
40	—	1,385	182.50–187.75	185.72
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,124	185.50–199.00	191.44
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,568	183.50–187.75	187.20
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,153	187.25–191.00	187.86
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,401	184.50–188.50	186.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,399	183.00–188.00	186.22

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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