Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-03-01

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 1
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
290 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 146▲ 108 vs year ago 182 · +59.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as the last reported sale was two weeks ago. Demand good. Trade 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,284137.161,761135
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,369125.131,71333
HeifersSelectAverage1,186111.331,3208thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,358137.871,872104
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,020120.001,2241thin
SteersSelectAverage1,218107.741,3123thin

Every lot

11 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 Feed1,020120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2241
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,214135.36/cwt130.50–141.001,64345
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,218107.74/cwt105.00–109.001,3123
Steers—Choice1,468139.79/cwt129.75–142.752,05259
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,117110.11/cwt100.00–113.501,2306
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,160133.51/cwt125.00–141.601,54965
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,234120.49/cwt120.00–122.501,4875
Heifers—Select and Choice1,381126.24/cwt119.50–130.001,74327
Heifers—Select1,393115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6022
Heifers—Choice1,399140.54/cwt135.50–146.001,96670
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,730118.50/cwt118.50–118.502,0501

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.