Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-08-30

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 30
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
157 head
▼ 374 vs last sale 531▼ 236 vs year ago 393 · −60.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.25 lower, choice slaughter heifers 1.00 lower. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,258142.531,79368
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,210132.041,5985thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,219121.381,4793thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,307141.961,85569
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,272131.201,6686thin
SteersSelectAverage1,246120.241,4984thin

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 Feed1,123131.46/cwt128.00–135.001,4763
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,162140.97/cwt137.00–147.501,63825
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,183120.98/cwt120.00–122.001,4312
Steers—Select1,308119.50/cwt119.00–120.001,5632
Steers—Choice1,389142.52/cwt138.00–145.001,98044
Steers—Select and Choice1,420130.94/cwt126.00–135.001,8593
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed940125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1751
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,025134.07/cwt130.00–136.001,3743
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,142140.93/cwt140.00–144.001,60918
Heifers—Choice1,281143.36/cwt140.50–145.001,83648
Heifers—Select1,358119.57/cwt114.00–124.501,6242
Heifers—Select and Choice1,360133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,8161
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,615124.50/cwt124.50–124.502,0111
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,758137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,4082

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.