Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-04-27

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 27
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
273 head
116 vs last sale 157 273 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago choice steers were 4.75 lower, choice heifers .70 lower. 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,46091.251,3327thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage99473.9873512
HeifersChoiceAverage1,338122.221,635155
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,355106.091,4386thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,461117.751,72066
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,179108.171,2753thin
SteersSelectAverage1,03388.009092thin

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
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed99473.98/cwt73.00–77.0073512
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,200104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,2541
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,03388.00/cwt88.00–88.009092
HeifersSelect and Choice1,280109.28/cwt108.50–110.251,3992
SteersSelect and Choice1,168110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2852
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,555102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,5942
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,188113.53/cwt110.00–120.001,3498
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,186111.52/cwt107.50–113.501,32314
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,230106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,3102
HeifersChoice1,344122.76/cwt116.00–124.751,650146
SteersChoice1,535119.43/cwt115.50–124.501,83352
Dairy SteersChoice1,46091.25/cwt91.25–91.251,3327
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,605113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,8141

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.