Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-05-11

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 11
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
312 head
▲ 110 vs last sale 202▲ 312 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week choice steers were 1.5 higher, choice heifers .50 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
Bulls—Average1,33687.761,1726thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,255114.131,43250
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,362104.431,42231
HeifersSelectAverage1,36588.671,21138
SteersChoiceAverage1,473116.111,71180
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,417101.251,43517
SteersSelectAverage1,35289.181,20610

Every lot

14 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—SelectReturn to Feed1,11989.49/cwt88.00–91.001,0014
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,196101.66/cwt100.00–102.501,2166
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,361114.31/cwt108.50–115.251,5567
Steers—Choice1,484116.28/cwt112.00–118.751,72673
Steers—Select1,50788.97/cwt84.50–95.001,3416
Steers—Select and Choice1,538101.03/cwt98.00–108.001,55411
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,07597.29/cwt91.00–102.501,0464
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,186110.98/cwt106.50–114.001,31614
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,20381.82/cwt80.00–84.0098415
Heifers—Choice1,282115.35/cwt111.00–117.751,47936
Heifers—Select and Choice1,404105.49/cwt100.50–108.001,48127
Heifers—Select1,47193.14/cwt89.50–94.001,37023
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,32987.81/cwt84.00–90.001,1675
Bulls——1,37087.50/cwt87.50–87.501,1991

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.