Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-06-02

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 2
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
289 head
47 vs last sale 242 106 vs year ago 395 · 26.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison today, as the last reported sale was in April. Good demand for moderate offering. Market was active throughout the sale.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,209108.051,30690
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,25193.711,17322
HeifersSelectAverage1,16185.009874thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,350108.271,461109
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,49597.131,45218
SteersSelectAverage1,37088.191,2089thin

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
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,05295.74/cwt92.00–99.001,0076
HeifersSelect and Choice1,32692.95/cwt90.00–102.001,23316
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,07386.00/cwt86.00–86.009233
HeifersSelect1,42582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1691
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,142105.06/cwt103.00–108.001,2008
HeifersChoice1,215108.34/cwt105.00–112.751,31682
SteersSelect and Choice1,45899.26/cwt95.00–102.001,44714
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,22987.88/cwt81.00–90.001,0804
SteersSelect1,48388.43/cwt86.00–90.001,3115
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,110104.84/cwt103.00–110.001,16427
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,84595.00/cwt91.00–99.001,7532
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,163100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1632
SteersChoice1,418109.76/cwt103.00–114.501,55680
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight2,08379.33/cwt77.00–82.001,6522

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.