Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-01-07

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 7
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
402 head
315 vs last sale 87 402 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 3.00 higher, heifers 2.00 lower. Heavy offering today 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,48982.751,2328thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,331118.991,584156
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage962100.949715thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,41082.041,1567thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,431120.971,731194
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,209109.521,3245thin
SteersSelectAverage1,17979.889427thin

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
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,132107.35/cwt104.00–109.001,2153
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,02576.11/cwt74.00–80.007803
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,234119.36/cwt114.00–122.501,47322
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed93199.68/cwt95.00–104.009284
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,00078.00/cwt78.00–78.007801
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,214118.14/cwt113.75–121.501,43421
SteersChoiceNatural1,460122.75/cwt122.75–122.751,7921
HeifersChoiceNatural1,321112.96/cwt111.00–119.001,49216
Dairy SteersChoice1,48982.75/cwt82.75–82.751,2328
SteersSelect and Choice1,325112.78/cwt112.50–113.001,4942
SteersSelect1,29582.71/cwt80.00–87.001,0714
SteersChoice1,456121.17/cwt115.00–124.001,764171
HeifersSelect and Choice1,085106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1501
HeifersSelect1,47882.71/cwt75.00–84.501,2226
HeifersChoice1,353119.95/cwt112.50–123.001,623119

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.