Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-12-07

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 7
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
225 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 262▼ 181 vs year ago 406 · −44.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 4.5 higher, choice slaughter heifers 4.25 higher. Demand good. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,336139.161,859109
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,314120.381,58212
HeifersSelectAverage1,313111.571,4655thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,435139.452,001115
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,413127.051,79610

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—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,290124.52/cwt120.00–127.501,6063
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,317137.10/cwt129.50–141.001,80623
Steers—Choice1,464140.04/cwt135.00–143.252,05092
Steers—Select and Choice1,466128.14/cwt127.00–129.001,8797
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,138104.83/cwt99.00–110.001,1932
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,273137.50/cwt127.00–140.001,75036
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,314120.38/cwt120.00–124.501,58212
Heifers—Choice1,367139.98/cwt134.50–141.751,91473
Heifers—Select1,429116.07/cwt114.50–119.501,6593

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.