Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-09-07

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 7
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
172 head
▼ 221 vs last sale 393▲ 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 1.50 lower, choice heifers .50 higher. Demand was good today. Trading 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—Average1,41889.131,2648thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage97777.417566thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,239122.861,52238
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,305105.001,3701thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,49185.231,2716thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,324123.521,635105
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,353103.341,3984thin
SteersSelectAverage1,37892.331,2733thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed995105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0451
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,257124.46/cwt115.50–125.001,56463
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,31093.00/cwt92.00–94.001,2182
Steers—Choice1,424122.11/cwt114.50–125.001,73942
Steers—Select and Choice1,472102.79/cwt99.00–105.001,5133
Steers—Select1,51591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,3791
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,210124.25/cwt124.25–124.251,5031
Heifers—Choice1,240122.82/cwt118.75–125.101,52337
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,24591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,1332
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,305105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3701
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,61482.34/cwt80.00–84.501,3294
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,25086.50/cwt86.50–86.501,0811
Bulls——1,44289.50/cwt89.50–89.501,2917
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed84176.39/cwt74.00–78.006425
Dairy Steers—Choice1,65582.50/cwt82.50–82.501,3651

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.