Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-07-26

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 26
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
170 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 229▼ 41 vs year ago 211 · −19.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.25 lower. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,200140.731,68950
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,088133.591,45310
HeifersSelectAverage1,198117.911,41315
SteersChoiceAverage1,387141.761,96769
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,226134.081,64411
SteersSelectAverage1,110122.001,3541thin

Every lot

13 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 Feed1,057133.56/cwt130.00–136.001,4126
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,089139.56/cwt138.00–147.501,5207
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,110122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3541
Steers—Select and Choice1,326135.76/cwt134.00–137.001,8004
Steers—Choice1,421142.01/cwt138.00–144.002,01862
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,840130.50/cwt130.50–130.502,4011
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed973141.02/cwt138.00–143.001,37213
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,053133.24/cwt132.00–134.001,4038
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,123117.00/cwt116.00–121.001,31410
Heifers—Select and Choice1,228135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6582
Heifers—Choice1,263140.78/cwt138.75–142.251,77835
Heifers—Select1,349119.72/cwt114.50–123.501,6155
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,580138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,1802

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.