Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-06-04

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 4
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
← earliestJun 4Jun 11 →
Receipts
395 head
▲ 395 vs last sale 0▲ 395 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Choice steers and heifers were 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade was moderate on moderate offerings.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,43585.251,22314
Dairy SteersSelectLow98567.006601thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,238110.841,373202
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,227102.361,2568thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,15596.701,11719
SteersChoiceAverage1,342111.181,49286
SteersSelectLow1,081107.691,16410
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,266106.051,34317

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,017110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1198
Steers—Select and Choice1,266106.05/cwt101.00–107.251,34317
Steers—Select1,33598.44/cwt97.00–100.001,3142
Steers—Choice1,338111.33/cwt109.00–116.501,49085
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,70098.50/cwt98.50–98.501,6751
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight93091.00/cwt91.00–91.008461
Heifers—Select1,15596.70/cwt93.00–98.501,11719
Heifers—Select and Choice1,227102.36/cwt101.00–103.001,2568
Heifers—Choice1,240110.94/cwt108.25–116.751,376201
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—SelectLight Weight98567.00/cwt67.00–67.006601
Dairy Steers—Choice1,43585.25/cwt85.25–85.251,22314

This sale against other markets

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.