Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-06-21

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 21
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
155 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 244▲ 44 vs year ago 111 · +39.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago choice slaughter steers were 2.25 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.9 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,332142.801,90252
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,346123.791,66611
SteersChoiceAverage1,397144.792,02282
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,343133.061,7888thin

Every lot

8 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—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,150143.28/cwt139.50–147.001,6482
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,185127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,5051
Steers—Select and Choice1,366133.93/cwt125.00–136.001,8297
Steers—Choice1,403144.83/cwt140.00–150.002,03280
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,083139.15/cwt139.00–141.001,50713
Heifers—Select and Choice1,236126.58/cwt121.00–132.501,5658
Heifers—Choice1,415144.02/cwt139.50–145.752,03839
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,639116.34/cwt116.00–116.501,9073

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.