Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-12-01

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 1
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
327 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 289▼ 118 vs year ago 445 · −26.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 1.5 higher, choice heifers .6 higher. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,311107.041,403146
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30898.281,28514
HeifersSelectAverage1,24091.531,1354thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,409108.051,522123
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26898.771,25213

Every lot

12 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,21997.68/cwt92.00–100.001,1917
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,237106.39/cwt104.25–110.501,31619
Steers—Select and Choice1,238100.96/cwt100.00–102.001,2505
Steers—Choice1,440108.35/cwt104.00–111.001,560104
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,76095.50/cwt95.50–95.501,6811
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,19090.70/cwt90.00–91.001,0793
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,257106.48/cwt101.00–111.101,33864
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,28297.25/cwt95.00–99.751,2479
Heifers—Choice1,338108.12/cwt103.50–110.251,44777
Heifers—Select and Choice1,354100.14/cwt98.00–101.501,3565
Heifers—Select1,39094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,3071
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,58797.63/cwt96.00–98.001,5495

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.