Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-06-27

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 27
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
161 head
▼ 146 vs last sale 307▼ 164 vs year ago 325 · −50.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, due to last week not reported. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,282177.742,27946
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,343168.992,26916
HeifersSelectAverage1,308144.951,89617
SteersChoiceAverage1,396181.122,52864
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,407169.112,3799thin

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 Feed1,215163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,9801
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,222179.70/cwt178.00–182.002,1967
Steers—Choice1,417181.29/cwt176.00–184.002,56957
Steers—Select and Choice1,431169.87/cwt164.00–173.002,4318
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,091168.18/cwt161.50–171.501,8355
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,095143.48/cwt140.00–150.001,5717
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,178181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,1325
Heifers—Choice1,295177.34/cwt175.00–183.752,29741
Heifers—Select and Choice1,457169.36/cwt159.50–171.002,46811
Heifers—Select1,457145.98/cwt140.00–156.002,12710

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.