Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-10-03

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 3
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
185 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 241▼ 32 vs year ago 217 · −14.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00 higher. 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
Bulls—Average1,399150.002,09911
HeifersChoiceAverage1,238181.892,25371
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,107169.711,8798thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,354182.072,46583
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,267168.162,1309thin
SteersSelectAverage1,278154.611,9762thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,101185.23/cwt175.00–210.002,03914
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,190171.66/cwt170.00–173.002,0433
Steers—Select1,278154.61/cwt154.00–155.001,9762
Steers—Select and Choice1,305166.41/cwt165.00–170.002,1726
Steers—Choice1,405181.43/cwt176.00–185.002,54969
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed999170.58/cwt170.00–172.001,7045
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,099181.59/cwt175.50–206.001,99621
Heifers—Select and Choice1,288168.27/cwt165.00–170.002,1673
Heifers—Choice1,297182.01/cwt176.00–186.102,36150
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,399150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,09911

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.