Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-07-19

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 19
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
229 head
▼ 153 vs last sale 382▼ 54 vs year ago 283 · −19.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.5 higher. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,295143.081,85335
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,286134.131,72525
HeifersSelectAverage1,271115.351,4676thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,434144.962,079148
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,488134.602,0036thin
SteersSelectAverage1,058123.921,3115thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed947122.53/cwt121.00–125.001,1603
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,198142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,7048
Steers—Select1,225126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,5442
Steers—Choice1,448145.11/cwt140.50–148.002,101140
Steers—Select and Choice1,488134.60/cwt130.00–138.502,0036
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed860117.64/cwt115.00–120.501,0122
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,014134.07/cwt130.00–136.001,3598
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,042138.72/cwt137.50–141.501,4457
Heifers—Choice1,358144.17/cwt139.00–147.501,95828
Heifers—Select and Choice1,414134.16/cwt130.00–137.501,89717
Heifers—Select1,477114.21/cwt110.00–115.501,6874

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.