Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-06-18

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 18
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
251 head
130 vs last sale 121 251 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, Choice steers were steady to $1.00 lower with the choice heifers fully $1.00 higher

. Not enough Holstein steer for a market comparison. Active trade with packers needing this limited supply.

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
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,42575.501,0761thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,34766.508963thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,067111.781,19255
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,070103.741,11025
HeifersSelectAverage1,21287.771,06411
SteersChoiceAverage1,361115.751,57672
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,087113.391,23352
SteersSelectAverage1,187101.521,20520

Every lot, as filed

15 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersSelect and Choice1,127102.74/cwt100.00–109.001,15819
SteersSelect and Choice1,121108.94/cwt105.00–110.501,22118
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,75088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,5401
SteersSelectReturn to Feed902111.59/cwt90.50–115.001,0077
HeifersSelect1,15887.75/cwt70.00–99.001,01610
SteersSelect1,34096.09/cwt88.00–100.001,28813
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,034110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,13736
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,638118.75/cwt118.50–119.001,9454
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,42575.50/cwt75.50–75.501,0761
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed949113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,0774
SteersChoice1,345115.57/cwt110.50–119.501,55468
Dairy SteersSelect1,34766.50/cwt66.50–66.508963
HeifersChoice1,176115.59/cwt110.50–118.251,35915
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed890106.90/cwt92.00–110.009516
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,069115.75/cwt115.75–115.751,23734

How this sale compares

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.