Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-05-03

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 3
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
207 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 118▲ 5 vs year ago 202 · +2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 4.2 higher, choice slaughter heifers 3.5 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,285144.191,85263
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,399119.911,67721
HeifersSelectAverage1,166105.211,22718
SteersChoiceAverage1,466148.422,17579
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,255133.411,67519
SteersSelectAverage1,185121.331,4383thin

Every lot

12 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—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,096133.82/cwt125.00–137.001,46710
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,185121.33/cwt120.50–123.001,4383
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,298147.77/cwt140.00–149.501,9185
Steers—Select and Choice1,432132.96/cwt125.00–138.001,9049
Steers—Choice1,477148.46/cwt145.00–152.002,19374
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed950125.87/cwt122.50–129.001,1962
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,134105.41/cwt101.50–111.001,19516
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,186143.68/cwt134.50–148.001,70442
Heifers—Select1,420103.64/cwt100.00–107.001,4722
Heifers—Choice1,444148.35/cwt137.50–150.252,14218
Heifers—Select and Choice1,446119.28/cwt118.00–121.001,72519
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,707126.44/cwt125.00–129.502,1583

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.