Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-06-02

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 2
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
289 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 242▼ 106 vs year ago 395 · −26.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison today, as the last reported sale was in April. Good demand for moderate offering. Market was active throughout the sale.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,209108.051,30690
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,25193.711,17322
HeifersSelectAverage1,16185.009874thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,350108.271,461109
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,49597.131,45218
SteersSelectAverage1,37088.191,2089thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,110104.84/cwt103.00–110.001,16427
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,163100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1632
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,22987.88/cwt81.00–90.001,0804
Steers—Choice1,418109.76/cwt103.00–114.501,55680
Steers—Select and Choice1,45899.26/cwt95.00–102.001,44714
Steers—Select1,48388.43/cwt86.00–90.001,3115
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,84595.00/cwt91.00–99.001,7532
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight2,08379.33/cwt77.00–82.001,6522
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,05295.74/cwt92.00–99.001,0076
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,07386.00/cwt86.00–86.009233
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,142105.06/cwt103.00–108.001,2008
Heifers—Choice1,215108.34/cwt105.00–112.751,31682
Heifers—Select and Choice1,32692.95/cwt90.00–102.001,23316
Heifers—Select1,42582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1691

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.