Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-04-07

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 7
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
242 head
39 vs last sale 203 242 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to limited receipts undertone on slaughter steers and heifers were sharply lower. Trade moderate. Demand moderate.

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
BullsAverage1,73573.011,26721
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44854.6679128
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34344.1559336
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12836.364106thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage98478.5077214
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,04881.508546thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,37188.201,20921
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30483.211,0854thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,00074.557462thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,46389.581,31137
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,29584.001,0882thin
SteersSelectAverage1,02176.357805thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,02176.35/cwt73.00–83.007805
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,00074.55/cwt71.00–78.007462
BullsHeavy Weight2,77559.00/cwt59.00–59.001,6371
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice98478.50/cwt78.50–78.5077214
SteersChoice1,46389.58/cwt86.50–92.501,31137
SteersSelect and Choice1,29584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0882
HeifersSelect and Choice1,30483.21/cwt83.00–84.001,0854
HeifersChoice1,37188.20/cwt85.00–90.001,20921
CowsLean 85-90%1,12836.36/cwt34.00–40.004106
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,04881.50/cwt81.50–81.508546
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44854.66/cwt50.00–58.0079128
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33544.63/cwt41.00–49.0059634
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48035.99/cwt35.00–37.005332
Bulls1,76977.37/cwt66.00–84.501,36914
Bulls1,41860.80/cwt59.00–62.508625
Bulls1,80587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,5701

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.