Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-06-28

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 28
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
325 head
▲ 170 vs last sale 155▲ 186 vs year ago 139 · +133.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 1.5 lower, choice slaughter heifers 1.3 lower. Several big groups today. Demand good. Active trade.

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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,334106.441,4207thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,273142.341,812160
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,556124.191,9327thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,111113.511,26117
SteersChoiceAverage1,330143.231,90595
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,416133.551,89115
SteersSelectAverage1,230118.281,45412

Every lot

14 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed985132.18/cwt130.00–134.001,3022
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,100140.10/cwt137.00–143.001,5412
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,138118.91/cwt116.00–121.001,3533
Steers—Select1,260118.07/cwt111.50–123.001,4889
Steers—Choice1,335143.30/cwt138.50–147.501,91393
Steers—Select and Choice1,482133.76/cwt130.00–137.001,98213
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,039111.43/cwt110.00–121.001,15813
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,114138.18/cwt134.00–141.501,53920
Heifers—ChoiceValue Added1,255145.10/cwt145.10–145.101,82115
Heifers—Choice1,301142.68/cwt136.50–144.751,856125
Heifers—Select and Choice1,320127.15/cwt126.00–128.501,6782
Heifers—Select1,345120.29/cwt119.50–121.501,6184
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,650123.00/cwt123.00–123.002,0305
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,334106.44/cwt106.00–108.501,4207

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.