Slaughter cattle
By class and quality grade · $/cwtCull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
| Class | Grade | Dressing | Avg wt | $/cwt | $/head | Head |
|---|
| Dairy Steers | Select and Choice | Average | 1,365 | 90.50 | 1,235 | 1thin |
| Heifers | Choice | Average | 1,296 | 113.71 | 1,473 | 82 |
| Heifers | Select and Choice | Average | 1,217 | 107.73 | 1,311 | 13 |
| Heifers | Select | Average | 1,329 | 82.15 | 1,091 | 6thin |
| Steers | Choice | Average | 1,400 | 112.92 | 1,581 | 61 |
| Steers | Select and Choice | Average | 1,406 | 105.92 | 1,489 | 14 |
| Steers | Select | Average | 1,358 | 92.01 | 1,250 | 5thin |
Every lot
14 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IANothing 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.
| Class | Weight | Grade / description | Avg wt | Price | Range | Per head | Head |
|---|
| Slaughter Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first |
| Steers | — | ChoiceReturn to Feed | 1,195 | 112.66/cwt | 111.50–115.25 | 1,346 | 10 |
| Steers | — | SelectReturn to Feed | 1,195 | 101.00/cwt | 101.00–101.00 | 1,207 | 1 |
| Steers | — | Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed | 1,200 | 106.00/cwt | 106.00–106.00 | 1,272 | 1 |
| Steers | — | Select | 1,399 | 89.76/cwt | 87.00–95.00 | 1,256 | 4 |
| Steers | — | Choice | 1,412 | 112.86/cwt | 109.25–114.50 | 1,594 | 38 |
| Steers | — | Select and Choice | 1,422 | 105.91/cwt | 105.00–107.50 | 1,506 | 13 |
| Steers | — | ChoiceNatural | 1,522 | 113.30/cwt | 113.30–113.30 | 1,724 | 13 |
| Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first |
| Heifers | — | Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed | 1,089 | 108.63/cwt | 108.00–109.00 | 1,183 | 3 |
| Heifers | — | SelectReturn to Feed | 1,110 | 83.19/cwt | 76.00–91.00 | 923 | 3 |
| Heifers | — | ChoiceReturn to Feed | 1,141 | 110.41/cwt | 110.00–111.00 | 1,260 | 7 |
| Heifers | — | Select and Choice | 1,255 | 107.46/cwt | 107.00–109.00 | 1,349 | 10 |
| Heifers | — | Choice | 1,310 | 114.02/cwt | 110.00–114.70 | 1,494 | 75 |
| Heifers | — | Select | 1,547 | 81.10/cwt | 75.00–88.00 | 1,255 | 3 |
| Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first |
| Dairy Steers | — | Select and Choice | 1,365 | 90.50/cwt | 90.50–90.50 | 1,235 | 1 |
This sale against other markets
Iowa weighted averagesOne 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.