Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-07-13

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 13
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
195 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 103▲ 195 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 1.00 higher, choice heifers .50 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—Average1,093102.001,1152thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,204125.351,50983
HeifersSelectAverage1,32180.681,06623
SteersChoiceAverage1,321124.501,64576
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,275106.001,3521thin
SteersSelectAverage1,33592.001,2281thin

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—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,267123.26/cwt117.50–127.601,56227
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,275106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,3521
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,33592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,2281
Steers—Choice1,351125.19/cwt119.50–127.251,69149
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed85978.92/cwt70.00–81.0067810
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,163123.27/cwt115.00–126.751,43414
Heifers—Choice1,212125.77/cwt118.25–127.251,52469
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,67782.03/cwt81.50–88.001,37613
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,093102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1152

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.