Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-07-11

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 11
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
310 head
▲ 149 vs last sale 161▼ 72 vs year ago 382 · −18.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, due to no sale last Tuesday on Independence Day. Upward trend. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,216183.052,22582
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,204170.082,04814
HeifersSelectAverage1,158160.291,85610
SteersChoiceAverage1,396181.632,536154
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,322169.972,24724
SteersSelectAverage1,327156.422,07511

Every lot

13 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 Feed1,123153.79/cwt150.00–160.001,7273
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,130170.65/cwt168.00–175.001,92810
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,194177.50/cwt176.00–184.502,11915
Steers—Select1,403157.40/cwt152.00–160.002,2088
Steers—Choice1,418182.08/cwt177.00–185.252,582139
Steers—Select and Choice1,459169.48/cwt165.00–175.002,47314
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,075176.35/cwt175.00–181.001,89610
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,092160.93/cwt153.00–165.501,7577
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,101172.02/cwt167.00–174.501,8948
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,156185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,13938
Heifers—Select1,312158.78/cwt156.00–160.502,0833
Heifers—Choice1,324182.84/cwt177.50–184.752,42134
Heifers—Select and Choice1,342167.49/cwt163.00–168.502,2486

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.