Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-11-17

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 17
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
533 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 442▲ 210 vs year ago 323 · +65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday steers were mostly steady, heifers 1.75 higher. Heavy offerings were met with good demand. Trading 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,273105.521,343196
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,13693.991,06822
HeifersSelectAverage1,01982.408404thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,370105.921,452269
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,10296.181,06017
SteersSelectAverage1,22884.341,03610

Every lot

10 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—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,10095.84/cwt92.50–100.001,05415
Steers—Select and Choice1,11898.72/cwt98.50–99.001,1042
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,15683.80/cwt80.00–89.009698
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,257107.27/cwt103.00–112.501,34883
Steers—Choice1,421105.32/cwt101.75–108.501,497186
Steers—Select1,51586.51/cwt86.00–87.001,3112
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,01982.40/cwt81.50–83.508404
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,083105.28/cwt101.00–110.501,14048
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,13693.99/cwt88.50–99.001,06822
Heifers—Choice1,334105.60/cwt100.35–109.501,409148

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.