Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-08-06

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 6
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
263 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 324▲ 263 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 1.50 lower with the choice heifers 1.25 lower. No Holstein steers to report today. Quality today was down from last weeks exceptional quality.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,187112.491,33561
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,141109.271,24711
HeifersSelectAverage1,16994.361,10359
SteersChoiceAverage1,363113.071,54194
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,348108.311,46027
SteersSelectAverage1,122107.391,2059thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,067111.38/cwt110.75–112.001,1886
Steers—Select1,23399.41/cwt90.00–104.001,2263
Steers—Select and Choice1,348108.31/cwt103.00–111.251,46027
Steers—Choice1,352113.22/cwt111.50–115.001,53190
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,604109.75/cwt109.75–109.751,7604
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,032105.10/cwt101.00–105.251,08532
Heifers—Select and Choice1,141109.27/cwt108.00–110.501,24711
Heifers—Choice1,187112.49/cwt110.75–113.751,33561
Heifers—Select1,33181.63/cwt71.00–100.001,08627

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.