Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-08-10

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 10
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
207 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 211▲ 207 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 5.00 higher, choice heifers 7.00 higher. Demand good today. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,237125.931,55863
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,387112.491,56115
HeifersSelectAverage1,41793.231,32229
SteersChoiceAverage1,352125.301,69486
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,290108.251,3962thin

Every lot

11 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 Feed1,115109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2151
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,220123.36/cwt118.50–131.001,50511
Steers—Choice1,371125.59/cwt117.00–128.001,72275
Steers—Select and Choice1,465107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,5751
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,074122.64/cwt121.00–124.751,31710
Heifers—Select1,090100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0902
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,193109.71/cwt106.00–113.001,3094
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,25192.03/cwt84.00–95.001,1518
Heifers—Choice1,268126.55/cwt122.00–127.801,60553
Heifers—Select and Choice1,458113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,65511
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,52293.03/cwt90.00–95.001,41619

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.