Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-01-28

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 28
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
224 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 177▲ 224 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers were 1.5 higher, heifers 1.00 higher. Light 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 ChoiceAverage870107.009312thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,49583.001,2414thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,235120.271,48679
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,236100.741,24510
HeifersSelectAverage1,02494.8797125
SteersChoiceAverage1,363119.961,63577
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,338110.251,4752thin

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
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—870107.00/cwt107.00–107.009312
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,228120.18/cwt112.00–121.251,47613
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,080109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1771
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—995102.67/cwt100.00–106.001,0224
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,01694.26/cwt93.00–95.0095817
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,060119.48/cwt113.00–123.001,26624
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,880102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,9181
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight—1,58086.50/cwt83.00–90.001,3672
Dairy SteersChoice—1,49583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2414
SteersChoice—1,383120.20/cwt113.00–124.001,66263
SteersSelect and Choice—1,595111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,7781
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,305105.94/cwt105.00–110.001,3834
HeifersSelect—1,04096.16/cwt94.00–96.501,0008
HeifersChoice—1,312120.62/cwt115.50–124.001,58355

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.