Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-12-31

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 31
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
87 head
282 vs last sale 369 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison today, due to no recent coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Light offering of cattle was met with good demand, although light crowd today with the holiday.

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 HeifersSelectAverage1,51579.111,1993thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,381102.811,4206thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,53092.001,4082thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,41774.251,0522thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,248121.811,52014
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,51491.731,38916
HeifersSelectAverage1,07278.618423thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,366118.211,61510
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,575110.531,7412thin
SteersSelectAverage1,31184.581,1097thin

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 ChoiceReturn to Feed1,26593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,1761
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,20070.00/cwt70.00–70.008401
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,20981.55/cwt80.00–89.009865
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed985105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0341
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed96074.92/cwt70.00–80.007192
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,79591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,6331
Dairy SteersSelect1,63378.50/cwt78.50–78.501,2821
Dairy SteersChoice1,381102.81/cwt101.00–105.001,4206
Dairy HeifersSelect1,51579.11/cwt75.00–86.001,1993
SteersSelect and Choice1,575110.53/cwt110.00–111.251,7412
SteersSelect1,56592.15/cwt89.00–95.001,4422
SteersChoice1,366118.21/cwt115.00–123.001,61510
HeifersSelect and Choice1,54990.85/cwt90.00–97.001,40715
HeifersSelect1,29586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1141
HeifersChoice1,248121.81/cwt117.50–122.251,52014

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.