Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-06-08

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 8
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
148 head
▼ 134 vs last sale 282▲ 26 vs year ago 122 · +21.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago choice steers were 3.25 higher, choice heifers 3.00 higher. Light 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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,39189.001,2385thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,174115.371,35425
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,040104.691,08922
HeifersSelectAverage1,03192.009496thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,321117.701,55560
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,233107.761,3284thin
SteersSelectAverage1,24589.461,1146thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,19088.75/cwt84.00–94.501,0565
Steers—Select and Choice1,192108.68/cwt107.50–110.501,2953
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,223111.17/cwt109.50–113.001,36015
Steers—Choice1,354119.87/cwt118.25–120.851,62345
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,355105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4231
Steers—Select1,52093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,4141
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,003107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0735
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,03192.00/cwt87.00–94.009496
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,051104.01/cwt97.00–107.501,09317
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,165112.43/cwt111.00–113.001,3109
Heifers—Choice1,179117.03/cwt113.25–119.001,38016
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,39189.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2385

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.