Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-10-22

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 22
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
208 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 211▲ 50 vs year ago 158 · +31.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers steady to 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 higher. Mostly smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,346185.442,49684
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,230181.482,23215
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,058205.702,17633
SteersChoiceAverage1,474185.222,73167

Every lot

11 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—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,058205.70/cwt184.25–233.002,17633
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,352185.50/cwt185.50–185.502,5088
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,398185.75/cwt185.75–185.752,5974
Steers—Choice1,443185.77/cwt183.50–186.752,68125
Steers—Choice1,528184.65/cwt181.00–186.252,82123
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,593184.50/cwt184.50–184.502,9397
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,124183.62/cwt182.00–190.502,06411
Heifers—Choice1,346185.44/cwt182.00–186.502,49684
Heifers—Select and Choice1,505177.22/cwt175.00–179.502,6672
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,530177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,7081
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,545171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,6421

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.