Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-11-12

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 12
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
194 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 228▼ 68 vs year ago 262 · −26.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady. No implant steers bringing a premium this week. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,360185.372,52066
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,128184.702,08325
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,160186.372,16226
SteersChoiceAverage1,446185.102,67671

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,072186.02/cwt185.00–186.501,9947
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,167187.20/cwt181.50–190.502,18517
Steers—Choice1,377184.65/cwt183.50–185.852,54331
Steers—Select and Choice1,410180.50/cwt180.00–181.002,5452
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,420185.38/cwt183.75–186.352,63218
Steers—Choice1,522184.92/cwt184.75–185.002,81410
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,595186.35/cwt186.35–186.352,9729
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,610185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,9793
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,010187.24/cwt181.00–193.001,8913
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,112185.35/cwt183.50–190.502,06118
Heifers—Select and Choice1,288179.85/cwt178.00–181.002,3164
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,343185.28/cwt185.00–186.252,48824
Heifers—Choice1,369185.42/cwt182.50–186.602,53842

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.