Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-02-18

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 18
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
109 head
98 vs last sale 207 109 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were .50 higher, heifers steady. Light offering of good quality cattle. Active trade, 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,54383.281,2858thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,195116.831,39652
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,150103.621,1929thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,43677.861,1185thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,358117.951,60231
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,140110.001,2541thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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
HeifersSelect1,48078.82/cwt75.00–84.501,1674
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,090105.63/cwt103.50–110.501,1515
Dairy SteersChoice1,54383.28/cwt83.25–83.501,2858
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed827121.20/cwt116.00–123.501,0026
HeifersSelect and Choice1,226101.11/cwt97.50–104.001,2404
SteersSelect and Choice1,140110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2541
HeifersChoice1,243116.26/cwt112.00–119.751,44546
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,26074.00/cwt74.00–74.009321
SteersChoice1,358117.95/cwt115.00–121.501,60231

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.