Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-11-05

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 5
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
186 head
81 vs last sale 267 186 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, both steers and heifers were 5.5 higher. Light offering of good quality cattle 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 ChoiceAverage1,36590.501,2351thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,296113.711,47382
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,217107.731,31113
HeifersSelectAverage1,32982.151,0916thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,400112.921,58161
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,406105.921,48914
SteersSelectAverage1,35892.011,2505thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
HeifersChoice1,310114.02/cwt110.00–114.701,49475
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,141110.41/cwt110.00–111.001,2607
HeifersSelect1,54781.10/cwt75.00–88.001,2553
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,11083.19/cwt76.00–91.009233
HeifersSelect and Choice1,255107.46/cwt107.00–109.001,34910
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,089108.63/cwt108.00–109.001,1833
SteersChoice1,412112.86/cwt109.25–114.501,59438
SteersChoiceNatural1,522113.30/cwt113.30–113.301,72413
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,195112.66/cwt111.50–115.251,34610
SteersSelect1,39989.76/cwt87.00–95.001,2564
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,195101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2071
SteersSelect and Choice1,422105.91/cwt105.00–107.501,50613
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,200106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,2721
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,36590.50/cwt90.50–90.501,2351

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.