Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-10-29

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 29
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
267 head
158 vs last sale 425 267 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were .50 lower, heifers were steady. Moderate 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 SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,32879.891,06138
HeifersChoiceAverage1,296108.381,40465
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,209104.441,2628thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,08795.101,0343thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,471111.461,64024
SteersChoiceAverage1,380107.521,48460
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,583104.021,64648
SteersSelectAverage1,54092.171,4203thin

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
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,250107.48/cwt106.25–108.001,3443
HeifersChoice1,298108.42/cwt106.50–110.001,40762
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,08795.10/cwt88.00–99.001,0343
HeifersSelect and Choice1,261104.69/cwt104.00–105.251,3204
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,495102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,5321
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,043104.75/cwt104.75–104.751,0933
SteersChoice1,403107.36/cwt105.25–110.251,50647
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,297108.08/cwt106.75–109.001,40213
SteersChoice and Prime1,471111.46/cwt111.00–111.501,64024
SteersSelect1,65891.00/cwt91.00–91.001,5092
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,30594.50/cwt94.50–94.501,2331
SteersSelect and Choice1,637104.05/cwt98.00–104.501,70343
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,116103.74/cwt103.25–104.251,1585
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,35680.29/cwt77.75–81.751,08929
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,23678.59/cwt69.00–80.509719

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.