Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-07-30

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 30
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
324 head
▲ 206 vs last sale 118▲ 324 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, choice steers were 3.00 higher with the choice heifers 1.75. Steers made up the majority of the receipts with some long feds included. Receipts were an improvement over last week.

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 SteersSelectAverage1,20359.007092thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage904120.641,09021
HeifersChoiceAverage1,242113.471,40932
HeifersSelectAverage1,55789.501,39410
SteersChoiceAverage1,349114.761,548207
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,233109.361,34835
SteersSelectAverage1,10299.141,0927thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,085102.03/cwt98.00–104.501,1075
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,095111.42/cwt105.00–121.001,22011
Steers—Select1,14391.91/cwt89.00–95.001,0512
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,190112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,3331
Steers—Select and Choice1,272108.57/cwt103.50–110.501,38123
Steers—Choice1,350114.77/cwt108.50–116.101,549206
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,855105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,9481
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed895121.35/cwt101.00–125.001,08620
Heifers—Select and Choice1,075106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,1451
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,097111.04/cwt110.50–112.001,2183
Heifers—Choice1,257113.72/cwt109.50–115.251,42929
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,55789.50/cwt89.50–89.501,39410
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—SelectReturn to Feed87056.00/cwt56.00–56.004871
Dairy Steers—Select1,53562.00/cwt62.00–62.009521

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.