Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-03-03

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 3
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
176 head
30 vs last sale 206 176 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 4.25 lower, heifers were 4.75 lower. Moderate offering today. 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,49585.311,27510
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,20575.509101thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,292112.741,45645
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,184100.551,19115
HeifersSelectAverage1,35677.651,0538thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,370112.301,53961
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,136105.261,19513
SteersSelectAverage1,16091.001,0561thin

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
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,54674.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1445
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,138100.19/cwt96.00–105.001,14011
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,200111.63/cwt111.25–112.001,3402
HeifersSelect and Choice1,311101.55/cwt100.00–107.001,3314
HeifersChoice1,296112.79/cwt111.50–113.501,46243
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,04083.73/cwt80.00–86.008713
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,105110.61/cwt109.50–112.001,2229
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,116105.62/cwt101.00–106.001,17912
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,565111.44/cwt109.00–115.001,7446
SteersSelect and Choice1,370101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3841
SteersChoice1,397112.74/cwt110.50–115.501,57546
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,16091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0561
Dairy SteersChoice1,49585.31/cwt83.25–85.751,27510
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,20575.50/cwt75.50–75.509101

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.