Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-07-02

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 2
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
90 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 138▲ 90 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 steady to 1.00 higher with a very limited supply.

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
Bulls—Average1,08581.008791thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,282110.071,41116
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,137104.491,1883thin
HeifersSelectAverage959101.7697629
SteersChoiceAverage1,353109.201,47719
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,255103.521,2994thin
SteersSelectAverage1,18799.711,1847thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed970107.26/cwt103.50–109.001,0403
Steers—Select and Choice1,255103.52/cwt100.50–106.001,2994
Steers—Select1,35094.05/cwt90.00–95.501,2704
Steers—Choice1,353109.20/cwt106.75–111.251,47719
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed932103.46/cwt93.00–117.5096427
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,137104.49/cwt103.50–107.001,1883
Heifers—Choice1,282110.07/cwt107.50–111.751,41116
Heifers—Select1,32078.83/cwt76.00–82.001,0412
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,08581.00/cwt81.00–81.008791

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.