Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-06-16

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 16
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
298 head
▲ 176 vs last sale 122▲ 47 vs year ago 251 · +18.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 5.75 lower, heifers 5.5 lower. Moderate offerings were met with good 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,23899.181,228101
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,08586.7594111
SteersChoiceAverage1,343100.471,349159
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,27088.991,1308thin

Every lot

8 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 Feed93887.67/cwt83.00–90.008223
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,17398.99/cwt94.00–100.001,16127
Steers—Choice1,378100.77/cwt95.00–104.001,389132
Steers—Select and Choice1,46989.78/cwt84.00–93.001,3195
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,03585.81/cwt82.00–90.008889
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,14495.50/cwt95.50–95.501,0935
Heifers—Choice1,24399.37/cwt94.00–103.001,23596
Heifers—Select and Choice1,31091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,1922

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.