Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-03-23

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 23
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
146 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 287▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 4.5 higher, choice heifers 3.25 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
Bulls—Average1,10590.009951thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage92366.006092thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,303112.071,46045
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26595.101,20312
HeifersSelectAverage1,28176.8098423
SteersChoiceAverage1,342113.951,52930
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,342103.541,39013
SteersSelectAverage1,31389.041,1696thin

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
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,262111.05/cwt106.00–117.501,40131
SteersChoice—1,563115.44/cwt112.00–117.501,8047
HeifersChoice—1,393114.32/cwt108.00–116.501,59214
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight—1,62573.72/cwt66.00–78.501,1984
SteersSelect—1,48591.94/cwt90.00–96.501,3653
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,085100.31/cwt94.50–104.001,0887
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,126100.52/cwt95.00–106.001,1325
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight—1,58184.75/cwt82.00–90.001,3404
Bulls—Return to Feed—1,10590.00/cwt90.00–90.009951
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,275113.50/cwt110.00–115.251,44723
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,260100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2601
SteersSelect and Choice—1,477105.43/cwt105.00–107.001,5578
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed—92366.00/cwt66.00–66.006092
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,14086.13/cwt82.00–88.009823
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,07681.31/cwt69.00–88.5087512
HeifersSelect—1,43770.83/cwt64.50–76.001,0187

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.