Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-08-02

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 2
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
302 head
▲ 132 vs last sale 170▲ 302 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 4.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,209136.541,65180
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,218131.351,60031
HeifersSelectAverage1,297118.721,54017
SteersChoiceAverage1,329137.831,831123
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,345133.901,80143
SteersSelectAverage883122.341,0802thin

Every lot

12 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 Feed883122.34/cwt120.00–125.001,0802
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,107133.17/cwt130.00–135.501,4745
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,161137.83/cwt137.00–139.001,6009
Steers—Choice1,342137.83/cwt136.00–142.501,850114
Steers—Select and Choice1,376134.00/cwt133.00–135.501,84438
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed852121.25/cwt111.00–126.501,0333
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,085130.90/cwt130.00–132.001,42010
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,131135.47/cwt134.00–138.501,53239
Heifers—Select and Choice1,281131.57/cwt129.50–133.001,68521
Heifers—Choice1,284137.56/cwt134.50–139.001,76641
Heifers—Select1,375118.96/cwt111.00–125.001,63613
Heifers—SelectHeavy Weight1,625108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,7551

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.