Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-06-13

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 13
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
307 head
▲ 103 vs last sale 204▲ 307 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 4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 5.00 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,105185.722,05279
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,107176.011,94832
SteersChoiceAverage1,231198.552,445184
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,241178.312,2139thin

Every lot

8 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—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,083209.48/cwt183.50–214.102,26993
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,128176.02/cwt175.00–178.001,9863
Steers—Select and Choice1,298179.45/cwt175.00–181.002,3296
Steers—Choice1,383187.38/cwt182.50–198.002,59191
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,025176.81/cwt169.00–179.001,81225
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,061185.06/cwt181.00–187.501,96365
Heifers—Choice1,308188.76/cwt183.00–192.002,46914
Heifers—Select and Choice1,398173.14/cwt171.00–179.002,4207

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.