Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-09-13

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 13
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
225 head
▲ 115 vs last sale 110▼ 84 vs year ago 309 · −27.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.7 higher, choice slaughter heifers steady. 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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,33394.501,2602thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,205144.431,74098
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,146126.291,4476thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,257106.721,3413thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,306147.001,920105
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,218128.161,5618thin
SteersSelectAverage1,153114.471,3203thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,123142.18/cwt140.00–147.001,5977
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,144127.46/cwt121.00–131.501,4586
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,153114.47/cwt113.00–118.001,3203
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,231150.66/cwt148.75–153.001,85529
Steers—Select and ChoiceNatural1,275136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,7401
Steers—Choice1,356145.95/cwt139.00–148.251,97969
Steers—Select and Choice1,605124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,9901
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceNatural992150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4886
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,010107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0811
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,033127.79/cwt122.50–131.001,3203
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,147142.36/cwt136.00–145.501,63342
Heifers—Select and Choice1,258124.78/cwt120.50–129.001,5703
Heifers—Choice1,279145.50/cwt138.50–148.601,86150
Heifers—Select1,380106.58/cwt104.50–109.001,4712
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,33394.50/cwt94.50–94.501,2602

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.