Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-08-20

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 20
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
179 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 102▲ 179 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 2.50 to 2.75 higher with the choice heifers 1.75 to 2.00 higher. Not enough dairy steers for a market test. Downward pressure continues due to Tyson's absence at this auction after the Holcomb plant fire. There was an unusual supply of lighter weight Bulls that returned to feed.

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—Average1,09292.981,01550
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,37568.009351thin
Dairy SteersStandardAverage1,12567.007542thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,227104.951,28842
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,138102.561,1677thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,351105.391,42448
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,136103.701,1789thin
SteersSelectAverage1,23693.841,16012

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—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,000104.17/cwt101.00–108.001,0423
Steers—Select1,14598.97/cwt98.00–100.001,1332
Steers—Select and Choice1,204103.47/cwt102.00–104.001,2466
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,25492.81/cwt85.00–100.001,16410
Steers—Choice1,351105.39/cwt104.00–106.751,42448
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,107102.79/cwt102.00–103.501,1385
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,215102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,2392
Heifers—Choice1,227104.95/cwt104.00–106.001,28842
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,09292.98/cwt75.50–97.501,01550
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—StandardReturn to Feed1,12567.00/cwt67.00–67.007542
Dairy Steers—Select1,37568.00/cwt68.00–68.009351

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.