Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-09-07

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 7
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
172 head
221 vs last sale 393 172 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 1.50 lower, choice heifers .50 higher. Demand was good today. Trading 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
BullsAverage1,41889.131,2648thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage97777.417566thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,239122.861,52238
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,305105.001,3701thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,49185.231,2716thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,324123.521,635105
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,353103.341,3984thin
SteersSelectAverage1,37892.331,2733thin

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
Bulls1,44289.50/cwt89.50–89.501,2917
BullsReturn to Feed1,25086.50/cwt86.50–86.501,0811
HeifersChoice1,240122.82/cwt118.75–125.101,52337
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,305105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3701
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,61482.34/cwt80.00–84.501,3294
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,210124.25/cwt124.25–124.251,5031
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,24591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,1332
SteersChoice1,424122.11/cwt114.50–125.001,73942
SteersSelect1,51591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,3791
SteersSelect and Choice1,472102.79/cwt99.00–105.001,5133
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,31093.00/cwt92.00–94.001,2182
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed995105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0451
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,257124.46/cwt115.50–125.001,56463
Dairy SteersChoice1,65582.50/cwt82.50–82.501,3651
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed84176.39/cwt74.00–78.006425

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.