Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-02-13

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 13
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
165 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 206▼ 27 vs year ago 192 · −14.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction last Tuesday, in today's light offering, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was good today's offering. Trade was 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,454176.982,57471
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,258159.422,00516
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,597181.252,8955thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,412177.092,50126
SteersSelectAverage1,215170.002,0661thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,353164.262,2227thin

Every lot

12 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,215170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0661
Steers—Choice1,317178.75/cwt178.75–178.752,3542
Steers—Select and Choice1,353164.26/cwt160.00–171.002,2227
Steers—Choice1,376176.72/cwt172.50–179.502,43216
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,469177.73/cwt176.50–178.252,6116
Steers—Choice1,520177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,6901
Steers—Choice and PrimeCertified Prgms1,597181.25/cwt181.25–181.252,8955
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,740176.00/cwt176.00–176.003,0621
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,160157.25/cwt129.00–175.001,82412
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,437177.22/cwt175.75–178.252,5479
Heifers—Choice1,457176.95/cwt169.00–179.002,57862
Heifers—Select and Choice1,550165.93/cwt162.50–177.002,5724

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.