Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-10-22

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 22
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
425 head
▲ 169 vs last sale 256▲ 425 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were steady, heifers .25 lower. Heavy offering was met with 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 HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,35582.751,1211thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,53082.751,2667thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,259108.541,366120
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21398.681,19719
HeifersSelectAverage1,29974.7497131
SteersChoiceAverage1,435108.241,553204
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,260100.821,2709thin
SteersSelectAverage1,23992.421,1453thin

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
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,53082.75/cwt82.75–82.751,2667
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,35582.75/cwt82.75–82.751,1211
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,161103.01/cwt101.50–105.001,1964
SteersSelect and Choice—1,33999.06/cwt97.50–100.501,3265
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,08091.00/cwt91.00–91.009831
SteersSelect—1,31893.13/cwt91.00–95.501,2272
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,184112.04/cwt110.00–115.001,32716
SteersChoice—1,456107.92/cwt103.50–113.001,571188
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,00597.14/cwt93.00–100.009764
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,26999.09/cwt95.00–102.501,25715
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,04172.64/cwt68.00–80.0075615
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight—1,68085.20/cwt81.00–86.501,4314
HeifersSelect—1,49573.88/cwt70.00–80.001,10512
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—982112.13/cwt109.00–114.001,1019
HeifersChoice—1,281108.25/cwt104.00–110.751,387111

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.