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
BullsAverage1,10590.009951thin
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 Feed1,262111.05/cwt106.00–117.501,40131
SteersChoice1,563115.44/cwt112.00–117.501,8047
HeifersChoice1,393114.32/cwt108.00–116.501,59214
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,62573.72/cwt66.00–78.501,1984
SteersSelect1,48591.94/cwt90.00–96.501,3653
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,085100.31/cwt94.50–104.001,0887
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,126100.52/cwt95.00–106.001,1325
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,58184.75/cwt82.00–90.001,3404
BullsReturn to Feed1,10590.00/cwt90.00–90.009951
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,275113.50/cwt110.00–115.251,44723
HeifersSelect and Choice1,260100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2601
SteersSelect and Choice1,477105.43/cwt105.00–107.001,5578
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed92366.00/cwt66.00–66.006092
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,14086.13/cwt82.00–88.009823
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,07681.31/cwt69.00–88.5087512
HeifersSelect1,43770.83/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.