Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-04-06

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 6
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
229 head
83 vs last sale 146 13 vs year ago 242 · 5.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 8.00 higher, choice heifers 8.25 higher. 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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,41892.501,3123thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,244120.941,50454
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,345106.671,43522
HeifersSelectAverage1,38596.001,3302thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,418123.111,745113
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,273111.431,41911

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
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,120104.56/cwt102.50–108.001,1717
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,189110.41/cwt106.00–112.501,3137
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,38596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,3302
HeifersSelect and Choice1,414110.56/cwt110.00–115.001,56312
SteersSelect and Choice1,421113.21/cwt112.00–114.501,6094
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,59596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5313
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,152115.26/cwt112.00–119.001,32818
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,227118.58/cwt114.00–124.001,45526
HeifersChoice1,277122.68/cwt118.25–125.601,56724
Dairy SteersChoice1,41892.50/cwt92.50–92.501,3123
SteersChoice1,472123.54/cwt117.00–125.601,81959
HeifersChoiceNatural1,314126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,65612
SteersChoiceNatural1,480126.40/cwt125.50–126.501,87128

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.