Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-04-02

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 2
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
90 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 84▼ 97 vs year ago 187 · −51.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers sold steady. Demand was good for the light supply of market ready cattle. Few, cattle didn't make the trip to town due to the sharply lower CME cattle boards on Monday. Few, light weight cattle returned to the country to go back on feed.

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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,525150.002,28812
HeifersChoiceAverage1,366185.192,52927
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,172181.582,1285thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,465185.112,71327
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,209185.002,2379thin

Every lot

8 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—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,209185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,2379
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,356184.92/cwt183.00–186.002,5089
Steers—Choice1,510185.60/cwt184.25–189.002,80316
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,602182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,9162
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,172181.58/cwt175.00–183.002,1285
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,337184.75/cwt184.75–184.752,4709
Heifers—Choice1,380185.41/cwt183.60–188.002,55918
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,525150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,28812

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.