Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-12-10

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 10
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
214 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 264▼ 57 vs year ago 271 · −21.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers and heifers 4.00 higher. No implant cattle bringing a premium. Most of the sale consisted of smaller strings, along with a couple half loads. Good demand today.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,422191.822,72860
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,230186.372,29231
SteersChoiceAverage1,471190.912,80942
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,422184.652,62641

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 Feed1,245188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,3414
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,390192.40/cwt189.50–193.252,67415
Steers—Choice1,391190.02/cwt187.50–191.502,64311
Steers—Select and Choice1,441184.29/cwt180.00–185.002,65637
Steers—Choice1,563190.42/cwt189.50–192.252,97611
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,691189.44/cwt187.00–190.003,2035
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,173188.09/cwt185.00–189.002,20623
Heifers—Select and Choice1,303181.75/cwt179.50–184.002,3686
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,417192.70/cwt191.10–193.252,73135
Heifers—Choice1,429190.59/cwt187.50–192.252,72425
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,665180.50/cwt180.50–180.503,0052

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.