Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-11-19

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 19
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
323 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 225▲ 323 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 2.75 higher, heifers were .75 lower. Moderate offering of good 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 ChoiceAverage1,17365.007623thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,280111.791,431150
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,128104.191,1767thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,06494.421,0055thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,374114.481,573113
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,234104.161,2854thin
SteersSelectAverage1,45590.251,3132thin

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—SelectReturn to Feed1,20098.50/cwt98.50–98.501,1821
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,210104.27/cwt103.50–105.001,2622
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,221114.72/cwt107.50–117.351,40125
Steers—Select and Choice1,258104.05/cwt103.00–105.001,3092
Steers—Choice1,418114.41/cwt110.00–116.001,62288
Steers—SelectHeavy Weight1,71082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,4021
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select92091.00/cwt91.00–91.008371
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,032104.23/cwt104.00–105.001,0764
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,10095.28/cwt89.50–98.001,0484
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,216109.89/cwt107.00–114.501,33629
Heifers—Select and Choice1,257104.14/cwt103.00–105.001,3093
Heifers—Choice1,295112.24/cwt108.50–114.751,454121
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,17365.00/cwt65.00–65.007623

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.