Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-07-21

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 21
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
376 head
25 vs last sale 351 258 vs year ago 118 · +218.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison today, as the last reported sale was three weeks ago. Higher undertone throughout the sale today. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,16798.061,144164
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,25091.551,14425
HeifersSelectAverage1,27680.581,0285thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,331100.231,334138
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,36394.031,28226
SteersSelectAverage1,53981.641,25611

Every lot, as filed

13 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
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,23694.66/cwt90.50–96.501,1708
SteersChoice1,33199.91/cwt96.50–106.751,33076
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,331100.62/cwt97.50–109.001,33962
SteersSelect1,65381.67/cwt79.50–85.001,3509
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,02581.52/cwt80.00–83.008362
SteersSelect and Choice1,39994.15/cwt90.50–95.001,31717
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,77087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,5401
HeifersChoice1,20097.44/cwt93.00–100.751,169143
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed939102.29/cwt98.00–110.5096121
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,52876.06/cwt75.00–77.251,1622
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,10883.60/cwt80.00–85.509263
HeifersSelect and Choice1,22587.88/cwt85.00–90.001,07710
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,26694.00/cwt90.00–96.001,19015

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.