Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-01-12

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 12
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
350 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 347▲ 350 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 6.25 lower, heifers 5.00 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,275101.601,295142
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,39496.091,33917
SteersChoiceAverage1,414103.621,465131
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,33897.151,30017
SteersSelectAverage1,35084.921,1477thin

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 Feed1,17696.07/cwt95.00–98.001,1307
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,247103.46/cwt100.00–105.001,29034
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,29985.17/cwt81.50–91.001,1065
Steers—Select and Choice1,45297.90/cwt97.50–98.001,42210
Steers—Choice1,472103.67/cwt100.00–106.501,52697
Steers—Select1,47884.29/cwt80.00–89.001,2462
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,15599.77/cwt97.00–106.001,15265
Heifers—Choice1,368103.41/cwt100.50–108.001,41573
Heifers—Select and Choice1,39496.09/cwt92.50–99.001,33917
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,52498.45/cwt95.00–100.001,5004

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.