Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-11-12

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 12
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
225 head
39 vs last sale 186 225 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 1.00 lower. Moderate offering of 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 SteersSelectAverage1,37686.541,1916thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,279113.161,448125
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,112106.091,1803thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,292100.801,3025thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,438111.661,60662
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,607102.001,6393thin
SteersSelectAverage1,37791.671,2623thin

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 SteersSelect1,37686.54/cwt85.50–92.001,1916
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,025104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0661
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,898101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,9172
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,16095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1021
SteersSelect1,48590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3372
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,020109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,1171
SteersChoice1,445111.70/cwt107.75–114.501,61461
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,112106.09/cwt105.00–107.001,1803
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,115100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1151
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,70095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,6151
HeifersSelect1,215103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,2513
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,051114.41/cwt113.50–115.751,2027
HeifersChoice1,293113.09/cwt108.00–115.601,462118

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.