Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-07-21

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 21
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
376 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 351▲ 258 vs year ago 118 · +218.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison today, as the last reported sale was three weeks ago. Higher undertone throughout the sale today. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,16798.061,144164
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,25091.551,14425
HeifersSelectAverage1,27680.581,0285thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,331100.231,334138
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,36394.031,28226
SteersSelectAverage1,53981.641,25611

Every lot

13 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,02581.52/cwt80.00–83.008362
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,23694.66/cwt90.50–96.501,1708
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,331100.62/cwt97.50–109.001,33962
Steers—Choice1,33199.91/cwt96.50–106.751,33076
Steers—Select and Choice1,39994.15/cwt90.50–95.001,31717
Steers—Select1,65381.67/cwt79.50–85.001,3509
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,77087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,5401
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed939102.29/cwt98.00–110.5096121
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,10883.60/cwt80.00–85.509263
Heifers—Choice1,20097.44/cwt93.00–100.751,169143
Heifers—Select and Choice1,22587.88/cwt85.00–90.001,07710
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,26694.00/cwt90.00–96.001,19015
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,52876.06/cwt75.00–77.251,1622

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.