Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-09-10

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 10
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
190 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 257▲ 190 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 4.25 to 4.50 lower and the Choice heifers were 5.00 lower. Active trade today with one packer returning after the plant fire in Kansas back on August 8th. We had an active market with these lower prices.

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 SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21570.008511thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,26896.711,22679
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,10892.821,02913
HeifersSelectAverage1,42877.631,10918
SteersChoiceAverage1,37497.761,34362
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,23992.241,14311

Every lot

10 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 ChoiceReturn to Feed1,14191.87/cwt89.50–94.001,0485
Steers—Select and Choice1,32192.54/cwt92.00–94.241,2226
Steers—Choice1,37497.76/cwt94.00–99.851,34362
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,05793.85/cwt88.00–103.009928
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,12887.75/cwt87.75–87.759902
Heifers—Select1,15585.00/cwt85.00–85.009822
Heifers—Select and Choice1,19091.16/cwt88.50–92.251,0855
Heifers—Choice1,26896.71/cwt94.00–98.501,22679
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,51075.13/cwt74.50–76.001,13414
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,21570.00/cwt70.00–70.008511

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.