Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-09-24

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 24
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
165 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 189▲ 165 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 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Quality today did not equal last week, with smaller lots.

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 SteersSelectAverage1,31580.001,0521thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,122103.931,16630
HeifersChoiceAverage1,241102.791,27645
HeifersSelectAverage1,43383.621,1986thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,308103.971,36056
SteersSelectAverage1,180103.481,22210
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,40499.001,39010

Every lot

12 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,03090.50/cwt90.50–90.509321
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,143106.04/cwt97.00–108.501,2128
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,188106.22/cwt102.00–107.251,26212
Steers—Choice1,341103.36/cwt101.00–107.251,38644
Steers—Select and Choice1,40499.00/cwt99.00–99.001,39010
Steers—SelectHeavy Weight1,63096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5651
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,095105.95/cwt102.00–112.001,16024
Heifers—Select and Choice1,22895.86/cwt90.00–99.501,1776
Heifers—Choice1,241102.79/cwt100.00–104.501,27645
Heifers—Select1,34990.13/cwt90.00–90.501,2163
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,51777.11/cwt75.00–80.001,1703
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,31580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0521

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.