Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-03-02

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 2
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
182 head
58 vs last sale 240 6 vs year ago 176 · +3.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 1.5 higher, choice heifers 2.00 higher. Light 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
BullsAverage1,21586.341,0496thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,255111.841,40368
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,05798.851,04516
HeifersSelectAverage1,18981.7297119
SteersChoiceAverage1,391112.941,57057
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,275105.121,3413thin
SteersSelectAverage1,36888.501,2102thin

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
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,079110.20/cwt106.25–114.001,18920
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,740104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,8181
SteersChoice1,422113.09/cwt108.25–114.501,60846
HeifersChoice1,319112.70/cwt110.00–114.351,48747
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,26085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0711
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,02282.08/cwt76.00–88.0083912
BullsReturn to Feed1,21586.34/cwt80.50–87.501,0496
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,259112.30/cwt110.50–114.001,41411
SteersSelect1,47592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,3571
HeifersSelect1,47481.10/cwt80.00–86.001,1957
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,02098.36/cwt91.50–101.501,00314
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,280103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,3181
SteersSelect and Choice1,273106.18/cwt105.75–106.501,3522
HeifersSelect and Choice1,318102.28/cwt98.50–106.501,3482

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.