Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-05-04

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 4
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
202 head
71 vs last sale 273 202 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 4.5 lower, choice heifers were 8.00 lower. 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
BullsAverage1,19486.191,02912
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,30383.501,0883thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,269114.801,45753
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,280103.951,33142
HeifersSelectAverage1,27990.171,1535thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,379115.411,59173
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,334100.401,3405thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
SteersChoice1,382114.79/cwt110.50–116.851,58640
HeifersChoice1,269114.77/cwt113.50–116.001,45632
HeifersSelect1,47095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3972
Bulls1,19486.19/cwt81.50–90.001,02912
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,188107.12/cwt107.00–107.251,2734
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,30383.50/cwt83.50–83.501,0883
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,286114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,4729
SteersChoiceNatural1,401117.42/cwt114.25–117.751,64529
HeifersChoiceNatural1,258115.10/cwt115.10–115.101,44812
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,311101.17/cwt97.00–105.501,32626
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,100101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1111
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,68395.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5992
SteersSelect and Choice1,103105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,1642
HeifersSelect and Choice1,230108.48/cwt108.00–109.001,33416
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,15286.95/cwt83.00–90.001,0023

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.