Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-06-07

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 7
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
244 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 162▲ 96 vs year ago 148 · +64.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were .80 lower, choice slaughter heifers .75 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,276140.991,79944
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,361131.291,78721
HeifersSelectAverage1,175113.421,33219
SteersChoiceAverage1,386142.611,977130
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,345131.551,76917
SteersSelectAverage1,332118.261,5753thin

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 Feed1,188133.13/cwt129.00–137.001,5826
Steers—Select1,332118.26/cwt113.00–123.501,5753
Steers—Choice1,386142.61/cwt139.00–147.101,977130
Steers—Select and Choice1,430130.69/cwt127.50–136.501,86911
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,063112.39/cwt112.00–117.001,19513
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,080130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,4092
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,095136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,4891
Heifers—Choice1,280141.11/cwt135.00–143.751,80643
Heifers—Select and Choice1,382131.62/cwt129.00–132.501,81918
Heifers—Select1,417115.64/cwt110.00–121.501,6396
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,540127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,9561

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.