Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-06-29

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 29
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
139 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 111▼ 212 vs year ago 351 · −60.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 3.00 higher, 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,251119.061,48933
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,05896.151,0173thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,20077.589318thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,379121.511,67583
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,149105.421,2114thin
SteersSelectAverage1,22880.859932thin

Every lot

9 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,149105.42/cwt98.50–110.001,2114
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,22880.85/cwt78.00–83.509932
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,252119.06/cwt114.00–122.001,49113
Steers—Choice1,402121.97/cwt114.00–123.251,71070
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,05896.15/cwt94.00–98.001,0173
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,155117.47/cwt110.00–122.001,35715
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,16678.38/cwt73.00–85.009147
Heifers—Choice1,331120.39/cwt112.75–124.001,60218
Heifers—Select1,44072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0371

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.