Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-10-08

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 8
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
215 head
243 vs last sale 458 215 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 2.25-2.50 higher, heifers were 3.00 higher. Not enough Holsteins today to report. Active trade with a 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
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,27277.249825thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,07069.507441thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,256106.471,33753
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,087102.421,11415
HeifersSelectAverage1,23986.141,06732
SteersChoiceAverage1,418107.171,52076
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,275103.091,3144thin
SteersSelectAverage1,225100.081,22631

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,27277.24/cwt76.00–78.009825
Dairy SteersSelect1,07069.50/cwt69.50–69.507441
SteersSelect and Choice1,275103.09/cwt102.00–104.001,3144
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,193102.11/cwt87.00–109.001,21825
SteersSelect1,36091.63/cwt87.00–98.001,2466
SteersChoice1,418107.17/cwt104.00–109.251,52076
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,042102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0637
HeifersSelect and Choice1,127102.79/cwt98.00–104.001,1588
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,05388.61/cwt79.00–99.0093321
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,67581.09/cwt80.00–84.501,3589
HeifersSelect1,22582.86/cwt77.00–90.001,0152
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,495102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,5321
HeifersChoice1,251106.55/cwt104.00–109.001,33352

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.