Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-06-22

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 22
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
111 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 148▲ 111 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago choice steers were 1.00 lower, choice heifers 1.7 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
Bulls—Average1,27590.001,1481thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,50590.001,3551thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,26389.721,1332thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,162116.701,35644
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,33297.871,3043thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,12277.498707thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,351118.631,60324
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,322103.971,3743thin
SteersSelectAverage1,18280.509513thin

Every lot

15 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—SelectReturn to Feed1,13078.50/cwt78.50–78.508872
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,261117.82/cwt115.25–121.001,4865
Steers—Select1,28584.50/cwt84.50–84.501,0861
Steers—Select and Choice1,322103.97/cwt100.50–110.001,3743
Steers—Choice1,375118.84/cwt113.00–125.251,63419
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,00677.39/cwt75.00–80.007795
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,085113.51/cwt108.00–117.001,23217
Heifers—Choice1,211118.71/cwt115.00–120.501,43827
Heifers—Select1,27582.50/cwt82.50–82.501,0521
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,28090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1521
Heifers—Select and Choice1,358101.80/cwt97.50–106.001,3822
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,55073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,1321
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,27590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1481
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,26389.72/cwt86.50–93.001,1332
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,50590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3551

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.