NW_LS758
Des Moines, IA    Tue Oct 3, 2017    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
 
Dunlap, IA Slaughter Cattle Auction
Weighted Average Report for 10/03/2017
 
Receipts:    Today: 454    Last Week:  311
 
Trends:
Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were $.50 to as much as 
$2.00 higher and the choice heifers were $1.25 to $1.75 higher.  
Limited supply of Holstein steers were $3.00 higher.  Receipts were 
made up of 57 percent steers, 39 percent heifers and 4 percent 
Holstein steers.

                   Slaughter Steers Choice 2-4
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   45   1200-1299   1243    106.00-107.75     107.05
  141   1319-1498   1419    105.25-107.00     105.96
   10   1505-1685   1573    101.00-106.10     104.89

              Slaughter Steers Select and Choice 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    2   1120-1145   1132    101.00-103.00     101.99
   42     1228                  111.75    Returned to feed
   23   1010-1245           103.50-112.50 Returned to feed

                   Slaughter Steers Select 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    1     1705      1705        92.00          92.00

         Slaughter Holstein Steers Select and Choice 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   16   1407-1476   1437     76.00-78.25       77.24

                  Slaughter Heifers Choice 2-4
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   38   1015-1163   1127    104.25-107.00     106.52
   93   1209-1329   1272    105.00-108.25     106.68

                  Slaughter Heifers Select 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    4   1240-1340   1308     80.00-84.00       82.52
   27   1070-1089           101.00-106.75 Returned to feed
 

Source:  Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News,  Des Moines, IA
         515-284-4460
         e-mail:  desm.lgmn@usda.gov
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS758.txt
 
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