Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-11-02

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 2
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
281 head
21 vs last sale 302 26 vs year ago 255 · +10.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 6.5 higher, choice slaughter heifers 7.4 higher. Several load lots. Demand good today on quality cattle. 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
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,294137.501,77917
HeifersChoiceAverage1,299126.981,65083
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,255113.131,4203thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,528137.502,10120
SteersChoiceAverage1,381129.121,784131
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,452118.631,7223thin
SteersSelectAverage1,14596.001,0991thin

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
HeifersChoice1,349129.66/cwt123.25–134.501,74945
HeifersChoice and Prime1,294137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,77917
HeifersSelect and Choice1,365119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,6311
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,200109.95/cwt105.75–115.001,3192
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,520117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,7861
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,233123.97/cwt118.00–127.501,52937
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,750124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,1702
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,256127.27/cwt122.00–133.001,59924
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,14596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0991
SteersChoice1,403129.64/cwt124.50–134.751,819105
SteersChoice and Prime1,528137.50/cwt137.50–137.502,10120
SteersSelect and Choice1,520118.45/cwt117.00–120.001,8002
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,315119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,5651

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.