Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-04-19

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 19
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
118 head
▼ 254 vs last sale 372▲ 118 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 were 2.8 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.6 higher. 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
Bulls—Average1,30896.721,26529
HeifersChoiceAverage1,295141.081,82824
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,418121.601,72515
HeifersSelectAverage1,14493.371,06810
SteersChoiceAverage1,378142.751,96824
SteersSelectAverage1,523105.781,6112thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,177132.35/cwt130.00–135.001,5583
Steers—Choice1,407144.24/cwt133.00–148.002,02921
Steers—Select1,523105.78/cwt99.00–113.001,6112
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,02594.09/cwt90.00–100.009648
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,142135.85/cwt130.00–145.001,55110
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,295127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,6512
Heifers—Select1,36591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,2421
Heifers—Select and Choice1,399121.37/cwt120.00–121.501,69811
Heifers—Choice1,405144.82/cwt138.00–146.502,03514
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,648116.95/cwt113.50–120.001,9272
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,87090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6831
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,18495.49/cwt93.00–99.501,13124
Bulls——1,904102.64/cwt99.00–105.001,9545

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.