Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-11-10

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 10
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
442 head
▲ 187 vs last sale 255▲ 217 vs year ago 225 · +96.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 2.5 higher, heifers mostly 1.00 higher. Heavy 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
Bulls—Average1,26877.759865thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,255104.341,310181
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21891.991,12019
HeifersSelectAverage1,10778.1086410
SteersChoiceAverage1,327106.441,412154
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,38299.161,37012
SteersSelectAverage1,20387.541,0533thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,08086.50/cwt86.50–86.509341
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,22199.56/cwt96.00–101.001,2165
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,223107.25/cwt103.50–111.501,31266
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,26588.06/cwt86.00–90.001,1142
Steers—Choice1,405105.83/cwt102.00–111.751,48788
Steers—Select and Choice1,49798.88/cwt92.00–100.501,4807
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed98778.57/cwt75.50–82.007757
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,042106.24/cwt101.00–111.001,10749
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,07891.06/cwt87.00–96.0098212
Heifers—Select1,29080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0322
Heifers—Choice1,320103.80/cwt100.00–110.001,370123
Heifers—Select and Choice1,41595.68/cwt95.00–99.001,3546
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,536101.30/cwt95.00–103.001,5569
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,58071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1221
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,71581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,3891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,26877.75/cwt73.00–80.509865

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.