Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-11-19

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 19
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
323 head
98 vs last sale 225 323 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 2.75 higher, heifers were .75 lower. Moderate offering of good 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 ChoiceAverage1,17365.007623thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,280111.791,431150
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,128104.191,1767thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,06494.421,0055thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,374114.481,573113
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,234104.161,2854thin
SteersSelectAverage1,45590.251,3132thin

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
HeifersChoice1,295112.24/cwt108.50–114.751,454121
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,216109.89/cwt107.00–114.501,33629
HeifersSelect92091.00/cwt91.00–91.008371
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,10095.28/cwt89.50–98.001,0484
HeifersSelect and Choice1,257104.14/cwt103.00–105.001,3093
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,032104.23/cwt104.00–105.001,0764
SteersChoice1,418114.41/cwt110.00–116.001,62288
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,221114.72/cwt107.50–117.351,40125
SteersSelectHeavy Weight1,71082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,4021
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,20098.50/cwt98.50–98.501,1821
SteersSelect and Choice1,258104.05/cwt103.00–105.001,3092
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,210104.27/cwt103.50–105.001,2622
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,17365.00/cwt65.00–65.007623

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.