Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers and heifers 4.00 higher. No implant cattle bringing a premium. Most of the sale consisted of smaller strings, along with a couple half loads. Good demand today.

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	1,422	191.82	2,728	60
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,230	186.37	2,292	31
Steers	Choice	Average	1,471	190.91	2,809	42
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,422	184.65	2,626	41

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	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,417	192.70/cwt	191.10–193.25	2,731	35
Heifers	Choice	—	1,429	190.59/cwt	187.50–192.25	2,724	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,303	181.75/cwt	179.50–184.00	2,368	6
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,665	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	3,005	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,173	188.09/cwt	185.00–189.00	2,206	23
Steers	Choice	—	1,391	190.02/cwt	187.50–191.50	2,643	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,563	190.42/cwt	189.50–192.25	2,976	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,441	184.29/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,656	37
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,390	192.40/cwt	189.50–193.25	2,674	15
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,691	189.44/cwt	187.00–190.00	3,203	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,245	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,341	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Dec 10, 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 · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,417	191.10–193.25	192.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,429	187.50–192.25	190.59
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,303	179.50–184.00	181.75
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,665	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,173	185.00–189.00	188.09
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,391	187.50–191.50	190.02
11	—	1,563	189.50–192.25	190.42
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,441	180.00–185.00	184.29
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,390	189.50–193.25	192.40
5	—	1,691	187.00–190.00	189.44
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,245	188.00	188.00

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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