Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-06-09

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 9
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
122 head
▼ 167 vs last sale 289▲ 1 vs year ago 121 · +0.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers and heifers were 3.00 lower. Light offerings was met with moderate demand. Trade active.

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 HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,37965.719065thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,37361.028383thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,219105.061,28137
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,27591.381,1655thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,14572.168263thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,390106.181,47634
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,19793.471,1195thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,02090.06/cwt86.00–94.509192
Steers—Select and Choice1,31595.74/cwt88.00–100.001,2593
Steers—Choice1,390106.18/cwt102.25–108.501,47634
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,14572.16/cwt66.50–74.008263
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,215102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,2391
Heifers—Choice1,219105.14/cwt100.50–109.001,28236
Heifers—Select and Choice1,27591.38/cwt85.00–95.001,1655
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,24058.50/cwt58.50–58.507251
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,44062.28/cwt61.00–63.508972
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,37365.18/cwt60.00–68.008953
Dairy Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,38866.50/cwt66.50–66.509232

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.