Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-11-22

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 22
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
225 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 180▲ 225 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 1.75 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,288151.121,94679
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240141.231,75116
HeifersSelectAverage1,256130.541,63910
SteersChoiceAverage1,430152.912,186102
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,252141.811,77514

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed996141.76/cwt140.00–145.001,4124
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,120152.74/cwt147.50–157.501,7118
Steers—Select and Choice1,354141.83/cwt134.00–145.501,92010
Steers—Choice1,456152.92/cwt147.75–156.752,22794
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed903131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1832
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,080151.28/cwt150.00–156.001,63423
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,135140.51/cwt136.00–143.001,59510
Heifers—Select1,344130.42/cwt130.00–130.501,7538
Heifers—Choice1,373151.06/cwt148.00–153.002,07456
Heifers—Select and Choice1,415142.44/cwt141.00–145.502,0166

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.