Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-03-09

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 9
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
287 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 182▲ 115 vs year ago 172 · +66.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 2.25 lower, choice heifers 1.75 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,295110.401,429145
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,15198.931,13917
HeifersSelectAverage1,16285.619956thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,390109.721,525106
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26099.001,2472thin

Every lot

11 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 Feed1,09098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,0681
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,262107.60/cwt101.00–110.001,35832
Steers—Select and Choice1,430100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4301
Steers—Choice1,439110.78/cwt105.25–113.251,59473
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,890100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8901
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,03184.67/cwt82.00–89.508734
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,11398.54/cwt94.00–101.501,09715
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,194108.37/cwt103.00–111.501,29432
Heifers—Choice1,323110.97/cwt105.00–112.851,468113
Heifers—Select1,42387.50/cwt87.00–88.001,2452
Heifers—Select and Choice1,438101.84/cwt100.00–103.501,4642

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.