Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-01-25

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 25
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
226 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 200▲ 226 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers remain steady. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 lower. Trade active. Good demand.

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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,63398.501,6092thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,283133.291,71082
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,363118.071,6095thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,292109.061,40911
SteersChoiceAverage1,471136.482,00888
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,452123.631,7958thin
SteersSelectAverage1,410100.841,42211

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,200125.14/cwt123.00–127.001,5022
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,20499.06/cwt93.00–105.001,1935
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,305135.36/cwt131.00–137.001,76621
Steers—Select1,487104.79/cwt100.00–111.001,5585
Steers—Choice1,523136.83/cwt130.00–138.002,08467
Steers—Select and Choice1,536123.12/cwt120.00–126.001,8916
Steers—SelectHeavy Weight2,05590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,8501
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,138130.80/cwt125.50–132.501,48931
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,198117.88/cwt115.50–120.501,4122
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,211110.27/cwt110.00–111.001,3357
Heifers—Choice1,364135.12/cwt130.50–137.601,84349
Heifers—Select1,435106.93/cwt105.00–110.001,5344
Heifers—Select and Choice1,473118.19/cwt114.00–120.001,7413
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,553127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,9722
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,63398.50/cwt98.50–98.501,6092

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.