Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-06-11

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 11
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
121 head
▼ 274 vs last sale 395▲ 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday Choice steers and heifers were $4.00 to $5.00 higher on a light supply. Buyers were active.

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 SteersChoiceAverage1,46086.001,2561thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,32778.211,0388thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,15768.087883thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,207114.541,38241
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,151105.571,2155thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,30192.901,20910
SteersChoiceAverage1,361117.111,59441
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,223109.231,3367thin
SteersSelectAverage1,260101.841,2834thin

Every lot

9 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,223109.23/cwt106.50–111.001,3367
Steers—Select1,260101.84/cwt94.00–104.001,2834
Steers—Choice1,361117.11/cwt115.00–119.001,59441
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,151105.57/cwt104.00–106.001,2155
Heifers—Choice1,207114.54/cwt110.50–117.001,38241
Heifers—Select1,30192.90/cwt86.00–102.001,20910
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,15768.08/cwt61.00–72.007883
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,32778.21/cwt76.50–78.501,0388
Dairy Steers—Choice1,46086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2561

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.