Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-11-12

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 12
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
225 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 186▲ 225 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 1.00 lower. Moderate offering of 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 SteersSelectAverage1,37686.541,1916thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,279113.161,448125
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,112106.091,1803thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,292100.801,3025thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,438111.661,60662
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,607102.001,6393thin
SteersSelectAverage1,37791.671,2623thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,020109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,1171
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,025104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0661
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,16095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1021
Steers—Choice1,445111.70/cwt107.75–114.501,61461
Steers—Select1,48590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3372
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,898101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,9172
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,051114.41/cwt113.50–115.751,2027
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,112106.09/cwt105.00–107.001,1803
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,115100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1151
Heifers—Select1,215103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,2513
Heifers—Choice1,293113.09/cwt108.00–115.601,462118
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,70095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,6151
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,37686.54/cwt85.50–92.001,1916

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.