Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-07-20

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 20
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
283 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 195▼ 93 vs year ago 376 · −24.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 3.5 lower, choice heifers 4.00 lower. Moderate 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—Average1,34587.001,1701thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,208120.941,46199
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,437105.611,5189thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,27385.001,0822thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,337121.071,619159
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,261105.391,3295thin
SteersSelectAverage1,06992.569894thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,06992.56/cwt85.00–96.009894
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,072104.49/cwt99.00–107.001,1203
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,214119.78/cwt112.00–123.501,45445
Steers—Choice1,382121.61/cwt113.00–123.501,681111
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,455124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,8112
Steers—Select and Choice1,545106.75/cwt106.75–106.751,6492
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,710112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,9151
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed995110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0951
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,01587.00/cwt87.00–87.008831
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,121120.06/cwt114.50–123.751,34650
Heifers—Choice1,293121.64/cwt119.00–123.501,57345
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,338124.10/cwt124.10–124.101,6604
Heifers—Select and Choice1,479106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,5757
Heifers—Select1,53083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2701
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,58595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,34587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1701

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.