Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-05-10

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 10
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
187 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 207▼ 125 vs year ago 312 · −40.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were .50 lower, choice slaughter heifers 1.00 lower. 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—Average1,314102.741,3505thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,298144.411,87556
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,159134.771,56220
HeifersSelectAverage1,169109.131,2766thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,422145.972,07575
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,246132.441,65015
SteersSelectAverage1,304118.401,5445thin

Every lot

17 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,150132.81/cwt127.00–136.501,52712
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,257120.01/cwt115.00–124.001,5093
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,279141.14/cwt138.00–143.001,80514
Steers—Select1,375115.98/cwt111.00–121.001,5952
Steers—Choice1,429147.89/cwt139.00–153.502,11356
Steers—Select and Choice1,493133.46/cwt133.00–134.001,9932
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,739138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,4005
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,900126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,3941
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,100134.48/cwt131.00–137.251,47916
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,120108.76/cwt105.00–114.001,2185
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,216142.80/cwt138.00–150.501,73630
Heifers—Choice1,365147.36/cwt141.00–152.252,01123
Heifers—Select and Choice1,396135.92/cwt132.00–139.001,8974
Heifers—Select1,415111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,5711
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,605137.95/cwt136.00–139.002,2143
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,158106.10/cwt101.00–111.501,2292
Bulls——1,418100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,4253

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.