Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-08-31

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 31
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
393 head
111 vs last sale 282 86 vs year ago 307 · +28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 4.00 lower, choice heifers 5.00 lower. Demand was good today. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,230122.961,513171
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,137108.981,23924
HeifersSelectAverage1,22594.031,1523thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,314121.921,602161
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,187108.361,28716
SteersSelectAverage1,47998.201,4525thin

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
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,114107.08/cwt105.00–108.001,19313
SteersSelect and Choice1,505113.89/cwt112.00–115.501,7143
SteersChoice1,407123.75/cwt117.50–127.001,74149
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,09397.80/cwt96.00–100.001,0692
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,285100.00/cwt97.00–102.001,2853
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,273121.12/cwt115.50–128.751,542112
SteersSelectHeavy Weight1,77095.50/cwt95.50–95.501,6902
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,159123.81/cwt117.00–135.751,43572
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,035112.02/cwt106.50–115.001,1597
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,49086.50/cwt86.50–86.501,2891
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,590118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,8761
HeifersSelect and Choice1,179107.73/cwt107.50–111.001,27017
HeifersChoice1,279122.39/cwt120.00–126.501,56598

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.