Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-11-05

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 5
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
186 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 267▲ 186 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, both steers and heifers were 5.5 higher. Light offering of good quality cattle 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 SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,36590.501,2351thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,296113.711,47382
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,217107.731,31113
HeifersSelectAverage1,32982.151,0916thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,400112.921,58161
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,406105.921,48914
SteersSelectAverage1,35892.011,2505thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,195112.66/cwt111.50–115.251,34610
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,195101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2071
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,200106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,2721
Steers—Select1,39989.76/cwt87.00–95.001,2564
Steers—Choice1,412112.86/cwt109.25–114.501,59438
Steers—Select and Choice1,422105.91/cwt105.00–107.501,50613
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,522113.30/cwt113.30–113.301,72413
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,089108.63/cwt108.00–109.001,1833
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,11083.19/cwt76.00–91.009233
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,141110.41/cwt110.00–111.001,2607
Heifers—Select and Choice1,255107.46/cwt107.00–109.001,34910
Heifers—Choice1,310114.02/cwt110.00–114.701,49475
Heifers—Select1,54781.10/cwt75.00–88.001,2553
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,36590.50/cwt90.50–90.501,2351

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.