Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-10-22

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 22
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
425 head
▲ 169 vs last sale 256▲ 425 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were steady, heifers .25 lower. Heavy offering was met with 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 HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,35582.751,1211thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,53082.751,2667thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,259108.541,366120
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21398.681,19719
HeifersSelectAverage1,29974.7497131
SteersChoiceAverage1,435108.241,553204
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,260100.821,2709thin
SteersSelectAverage1,23992.421,1453thin

Every lot

15 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—SelectReturn to Feed1,08091.00/cwt91.00–91.009831
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,161103.01/cwt101.50–105.001,1964
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,184112.04/cwt110.00–115.001,32716
Steers—Select1,31893.13/cwt91.00–95.501,2272
Steers—Select and Choice1,33999.06/cwt97.50–100.501,3265
Steers—Choice1,456107.92/cwt103.50–113.001,571188
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed982112.13/cwt109.00–114.001,1019
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,00597.14/cwt93.00–100.009764
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,04172.64/cwt68.00–80.0075615
Heifers—Select and Choice1,26999.09/cwt95.00–102.501,25715
Heifers—Choice1,281108.25/cwt104.00–110.751,387111
Heifers—Select1,49573.88/cwt70.00–80.001,10512
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,68085.20/cwt81.00–86.501,4314
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,53082.75/cwt82.75–82.751,2667
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,35582.75/cwt82.75–82.751,1211

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.