Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-09-26

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 26
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
241 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 416▼ 199 vs year ago 440 · −45.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week, choice slaughter steers and heifers were 3.00 lower. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,265179.912,27684
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,157171.461,98418
HeifersSelectAverage1,155162.751,8802thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,358179.782,442116
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,296170.952,2158thin

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—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,195177.66/cwt173.00–179.502,12312
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,215170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0661
Steers—Select and Choice1,307171.08/cwt168.00–173.002,2367
Steers—Choice1,377180.03/cwt175.00–184.002,479104
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed910165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,5061
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,068172.37/cwt169.00–173.501,84110
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,128180.62/cwt176.75–182.102,03719
Heifers—Select and Choice1,269170.33/cwt169.50–173.002,1618
Heifers—Choice1,305179.70/cwt175.00–182.252,34565
Heifers—Select1,400160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,2401

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.