Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-12-03

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 3
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
445 head
▲ 146 vs last sale 299▲ 445 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 1.5 higher, heifers were 2.5 higher. Moderate 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
Bulls—Average1,12891.701,0346thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,41082.831,16818
HeifersChoiceAverage1,304115.601,507202
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,152100.761,16019
SteersPrimeAverage1,524119.081,81526
SteersChoiceAverage1,418113.391,608122
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,166102.121,1909thin

Every lot

11 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,089100.51/cwt96.00–102.001,0954
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,203113.18/cwt110.00–115.501,36210
Steers—Select and Choice1,227103.40/cwt101.00–106.501,2695
Steers—Choice1,437113.41/cwt108.50–117.001,630112
Steers—Prime1,524119.08/cwt118.50–119.251,81526
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed943118.77/cwt110.00–122.001,12031
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed986101.05/cwt98.50–105.009969
Heifers—Select and Choice1,301100.49/cwt95.50–103.251,30710
Heifers—Choice1,369115.02/cwt108.00–117.851,575171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,12891.70/cwt87.00–92.501,0346
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,41082.83/cwt81.00–84.501,16818

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.