Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-11-02

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 2
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
281 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 302▲ 26 vs year ago 255 · +10.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 6.5 higher, choice slaughter heifers 7.4 higher. Several load lots. Demand good today on quality cattle. 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
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,294137.501,77917
HeifersChoiceAverage1,299126.981,65083
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,255113.131,4203thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,528137.502,10120
SteersChoiceAverage1,381129.121,784131
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,452118.631,7223thin
SteersSelectAverage1,14596.001,0991thin

Every lot

13 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 Feed1,14596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0991
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,256127.27/cwt122.00–133.001,59924
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,315119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,5651
Steers—Choice1,403129.64/cwt124.50–134.751,819105
Steers—Select and Choice1,520118.45/cwt117.00–120.001,8002
Steers—Choice and Prime1,528137.50/cwt137.50–137.502,10120
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,750124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,1702
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,200109.95/cwt105.75–115.001,3192
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,233123.97/cwt118.00–127.501,52937
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,294137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,77917
Heifers—Choice1,349129.66/cwt123.25–134.501,74945
Heifers—Select and Choice1,365119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,6311
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,520117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,7861

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.