Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-07-20

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 20
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
283 head
88 vs last sale 195 93 vs year ago 376 · 24.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 3.5 lower, choice heifers 4.00 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
BullsAverage1,34587.001,1701thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,208120.941,46199
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,437105.611,5189thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,27385.001,0822thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,337121.071,619159
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,261105.391,3295thin
SteersSelectAverage1,06992.569894thin

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 Feed1,121120.06/cwt114.50–123.751,34650
SteersChoiceNatural1,455124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,8112
HeifersChoiceNatural1,338124.10/cwt124.10–124.101,6604
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,710112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,9151
SteersChoice1,382121.61/cwt113.00–123.501,681111
HeifersChoice1,293121.64/cwt119.00–123.501,57345
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,072104.49/cwt99.00–107.001,1203
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed995110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0951
Bulls1,34587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1701
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,214119.78/cwt112.00–123.501,45445
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,58595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5061
HeifersSelect and Choice1,479106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,5757
SteersSelect and Choice1,545106.75/cwt106.75–106.751,6492
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,06992.56/cwt85.00–96.009894
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,01587.00/cwt87.00–87.008831
HeifersSelect1,53083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2701

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.