Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-09-17

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 17
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
189 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 190▲ 189 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 mostly steady with a slight increase in buyer interests.

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
HeifersSelectAverage97699.7797434
HeifersChoiceAverage1,26097.291,22660
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,01791.769334thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,22498.271,20325
SteersChoiceAverage1,36297.771,33258

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,14396.70/cwt96.00–97.251,1054
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,15399.75/cwt95.50–105.501,15018
Steers—Choice1,35298.06/cwt94.50–99.251,32650
Steers—Select and Choice1,40694.48/cwt93.50–95.251,3287
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,70595.25/cwt95.25–95.251,6244
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed921102.12/cwt70.00–120.5094130
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed98391.34/cwt85.50–95.508983
Heifers—Select and Choice1,12093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0421
Heifers—Choice1,26097.29/cwt94.00–99.251,22660
Heifers—Select1,38982.16/cwt69.00–88.001,1414

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.