Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-07-06

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 6
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
103 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 139▲ 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 2.00 higher, choice heifers 4.75 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,216123.011,49535
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage998101.361,0126thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,19078.219313thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,325123.631,63840
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,278113.921,4568thin
SteersSelectAverage1,03082.008452thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,03082.00/cwt82.00–82.008452
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,244121.09/cwt117.00–124.501,5069
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,278113.92/cwt112.50–115.001,4568
Steers—Choice1,321124.04/cwt123.35–125.501,63927
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,530126.60/cwt126.60–126.601,9374
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed897100.38/cwt91.00–104.009005
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,06578.31/cwt76.00–81.008342
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,150118.87/cwt112.50–121.001,36711
Heifers—Choice1,239125.14/cwt123.50–126.251,55023
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,405119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,6791
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,44078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1231
Heifers—Select and Choice1,505106.25/cwt106.25–106.251,5991

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.