Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-11-26

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 26
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
299 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 323▲ 299 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 2.5 lower, heifers were steady. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand. Light crowd with the upcoming winter storm today.

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 ChoiceAverage1,39184.791,17931
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,30070.219132thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,280112.381,439101
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,275103.991,32628
HeifersSelectAverage97386.2483923
SteersChoiceAverage1,409110.561,55876
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41398.871,3976thin

Every lot

16 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—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,14599.89/cwt96.50–104.001,1442
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,205108.90/cwt106.00–111.501,31213
Steers—Select and Choice1,260101.92/cwt101.00–103.001,2842
Steers—Choice1,363111.82/cwt108.00–116.001,52441
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,615109.20/cwt107.00–113.501,76422
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,83594.79/cwt90.00–100.501,7392
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed86284.11/cwt82.00–87.0072519
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed899115.43/cwt108.00–118.001,03815
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,154104.00/cwt101.00–106.001,20010
Heifers—Choice1,319112.35/cwt108.00–115.501,48274
Heifers—Select1,32891.67/cwt90.50–93.001,2172
Heifers—Select and Choice1,342103.99/cwt101.00–105.501,39618
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,518108.79/cwt108.50–109.001,65112
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,675101.00/cwt100.50–101.501,6922
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,30070.21/cwt65.00–75.509132
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,39184.79/cwt83.50–86.501,17931

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.