Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-02-01

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 1
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
174 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 226▼ 56 vs year ago 230 · −24.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 2.8 higher, choice slaughter heifers 4.3 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

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—Average1,414101.021,42823
HeifersChoiceAverage1,372138.641,90349
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,271128.981,64010
HeifersSelectAverage1,418115.001,6312thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,398139.011,94378
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,330129.381,7214thin
SteersSelectAverage1,240115.001,4261thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,240115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4261
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,250128.74/cwt128.00–129.501,6092
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,324136.91/cwt133.00–139.501,81318
Steers—Select and Choice1,410130.02/cwt129.50–130.501,8332
Steers—Choice1,420139.64/cwt133.00–141.301,98360
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,227129.05/cwt128.50–130.001,5838
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,282137.25/cwt132.00–139.501,76015
Heifers—Choice1,404139.47/cwt134.50–141.251,95833
Heifers—Select1,418115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6312
Heifers—Select and Choice1,448128.72/cwt128.00–129.501,8642
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,690132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,2311
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,25292.36/cwt90.50–94.001,1563
Bulls——Natural1,438102.32/cwt101.50–102.501,47120

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.