Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-10-24

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 24
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
158 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 175▼ 198 vs year ago 356 · −55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,336182.652,44176
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,179173.722,0485thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,203160.611,9333thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,436183.132,63062
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,222174.172,1299thin
SteersSelectAverage1,420165.002,3431thin

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—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,065191.32/cwt178.00–207.002,0386
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,134173.73/cwt170.00–176.501,9704
Steers—Select and Choice1,293174.53/cwt170.00–175.502,2575
Steers—Select1,420165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,3431
Steers—Choice1,425182.69/cwt179.50–183.602,60327
Steers—Choice1,523181.85/cwt175.00–182.252,77029
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,020161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,6421
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,068175.44/cwt175.00–176.001,8742
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,069182.19/cwt178.00–189.001,94819
Heifers—Select and Choice1,253172.57/cwt171.00–175.002,1623
Heifers—Select1,295160.42/cwt160.00–161.002,0772
Heifers—Choice1,299182.30/cwt178.00–183.502,36833
Heifers—Choice1,599183.50/cwt183.50–183.502,93424

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.