Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-03-10

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 10
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
172 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 176▲ 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were 4.00 lower, heifers were 6.25 lower. Moderate offering today. Active trade, 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,54685.001,3148thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,265106.031,34148
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,17497.131,14014
SteersChoiceAverage1,433108.401,55486
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,214100.381,2194thin

Every lot

10 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,157100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,1633
Steers—Select and Choice1,385100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3851
Steers—Choice1,426108.65/cwt105.75–110.251,54984
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,74398.00/cwt98.00–98.001,7082
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed92595.50/cwt95.50–95.508831
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,145103.17/cwt100.00–106.751,1812
Heifers—Select and Choice1,19397.26/cwt94.50–101.001,16013
Heifers—Choice1,266106.38/cwt103.00–109.251,34745
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,46596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4061
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,54685.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3148

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.