Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-03-28

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 28
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
187 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 134▲ 17 vs year ago 170 · +10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.8 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Demand good. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,246163.802,04145
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,172153.231,79617
HeifersSelectAverage1,215141.001,7133thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,415167.402,36890
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,163155.811,81322
SteersSelectAverage1,098132.061,4502thin

Every lot

11 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,020163.43/cwt161.00–164.501,6677
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,070155.85/cwt153.50–158.001,66814
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,098132.06/cwt131.00–133.001,4502
Steers—Select and Choice1,327155.74/cwt152.00–157.002,0678
Steers—Choice1,448167.73/cwt161.50–171.502,42983
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed999152.93/cwt151.00–156.501,5288
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,078161.73/cwt160.00–164.001,74317
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,135139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,5781
Heifers—Select1,255142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,7822
Heifers—Select and Choice1,326153.50/cwt153.50–153.502,0359
Heifers—Choice1,348165.05/cwt158.75–169.502,22528

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.