Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-10-08

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 8
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
215 head
▼ 243 vs last sale 458▲ 215 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 2.25-2.50 higher, heifers were 3.00 higher. Not enough Holsteins today to report. Active trade with a good demand.

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 ChoiceAverage1,27277.249825thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,07069.507441thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,256106.471,33753
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,087102.421,11415
HeifersSelectAverage1,23986.141,06732
SteersChoiceAverage1,418107.171,52076
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,275103.091,3144thin
SteersSelectAverage1,225100.081,22631

Every lot

13 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,193102.11/cwt87.00–109.001,21825
Steers—Select and Choice1,275103.09/cwt102.00–104.001,3144
Steers—Select1,36091.63/cwt87.00–98.001,2466
Steers—Choice1,418107.17/cwt104.00–109.251,52076
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,042102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0637
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,05388.61/cwt79.00–99.0093321
Heifers—Select and Choice1,127102.79/cwt98.00–104.001,1588
Heifers—Select1,22582.86/cwt77.00–90.001,0152
Heifers—Choice1,251106.55/cwt104.00–109.001,33352
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,495102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,5321
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,67581.09/cwt80.00–84.501,3589
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,07069.50/cwt69.50–69.507441
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,27277.24/cwt76.00–78.009825

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.