Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-11-15

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 15
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
180 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 152▼ 175 vs year ago 355 · −49.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers were .80 higher. Good demand. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,307150.151,962109
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,326141.261,87311
HeifersSelectAverage1,313123.461,6212thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,373151.042,07443
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,393142.261,98212
SteersSelectAverage1,289115.191,4843thin

Every lot

10 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—SelectReturn to Feed1,010111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1211
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,202154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,8573
Steers—Choice1,369151.16/cwt146.00–153.502,06938
Steers—Select and Choice1,393142.26/cwt135.00–145.001,98212
Steers—Select1,428117.28/cwt112.00–123.001,6752
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,715143.50/cwt143.50–143.502,4612
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,150147.77/cwt144.00–152.501,69934
Heifers—Select1,313123.46/cwt123.00–124.001,6212
Heifers—Select and Choice1,326141.26/cwt140.50–144.001,87311
Heifers—Choice1,378151.23/cwt145.00–154.502,08475

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.