Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-10-11

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 11
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
206 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 217▲ 5 vs year ago 201 · +2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers and heifers were 2.00 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,195141.621,69375
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,124132.181,48617
HeifersSelectAverage1,255112.931,4174thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,375142.441,95889
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,293131.641,70219
SteersSelectAverage1,268116.001,4702thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,132133.43/cwt128.00–136.001,5107
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,164141.30/cwt140.00–143.501,64518
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,175120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4101
Steers—Select1,360112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,5231
Steers—Select and Choice1,387130.60/cwt128.00–136.501,81112
Steers—Choice1,428142.73/cwt138.50–144.502,03871
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,055111.08/cwt109.00–113.001,1722
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,098132.63/cwt120.00–135.001,45616
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,133141.34/cwt139.00–144.001,60150
Heifers—Choice1,320142.17/cwt139.00–145.501,87725
Heifers—Select1,455114.77/cwt113.50–116.001,6702
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,540125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,9251

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.