Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-10-01

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 1
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
458 head
▲ 293 vs last sale 165▲ 458 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday we saw a larger run of high quality Steers and Heifers, with the Steers 1.50 higher and the Heifers .75 to 1.00 higher. We had Holstein steers in the receipts today but nothing for a comparison due to none in the receipts in recent weeks.

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 ChoiceAverage1,38683.001,15040
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,41372.171,0203thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,267103.591,312160
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26295.021,19958
HeifersSelectAverage1,19484.951,01413
SteersChoiceAverage1,380104.671,445148
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,212102.371,24118
SteersSelectAverage1,16095.981,1135thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,08598.97/cwt96.00–105.001,0744
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,098104.80/cwt101.00–110.001,15112
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,175108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,2691
Steers—Choice1,375104.79/cwt100.00–108.001,441144
Steers—Select and Choice1,39697.61/cwt96.00–98.501,3635
Steers—Select1,46084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2261
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,66097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,6101
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,70997.95/cwt96.00–99.001,6743
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed99298.85/cwt94.00–112.0098111
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,12379.67/cwt74.50–83.508956
Heifers—Select and Choice1,20296.30/cwt94.00–100.501,15818
Heifers—Select1,25489.47/cwt84.50–91.501,1227
Heifers—Choice1,267103.59/cwt100.00–105.751,312160
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,40292.77/cwt82.00–94.251,30129
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,38683.00/cwt82.25–83.501,15040
Dairy Steers—Select1,41372.17/cwt56.00–79.001,0203

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.