Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-12-08

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 8
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
406 head
79 vs last sale 327 37 vs year ago 369 · +10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 5.7 lower, heifers 6.00 lower. Heavy offerings were met with moderate to 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
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,53874.501,1462thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,293101.751,316181
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,32098.411,29914
HeifersSelectAverage1,13682.489374thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,451102.541,488170
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,27994.431,2078thin
SteersSelectAverage1,50478.491,1804thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,13682.48/cwt80.00–85.509374
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,33877.97/cwt75.00–81.001,0432
HeifersSelect and Choice1,39599.64/cwt99.10–100.501,3908
SteersSelect and Choice1,29794.06/cwt90.00–98.501,2207
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,21996.78/cwt95.00–98.001,1806
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,15097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,1161
HeifersChoice1,366101.99/cwt101.25–102.601,39343
SteersChoice1,483102.64/cwt101.50–103.251,522115
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,53398.93/cwt93.00–100.501,5175
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,65299.95/cwt97.00–100.501,65113
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,261101.78/cwt100.00–104.501,283133
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,301103.07/cwt101.00–106.001,34142
Dairy SteersSelect1,53874.50/cwt74.50–74.501,1462
SteersSelect1,60586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3801
SteersSelectHeavy Weight1,73572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,2491

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.