Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-11-09

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 9
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
194 head
87 vs last sale 281 248 vs year ago 442 · 56.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 2.5 higher, choice slaughter heifers .50 lower. Demand good. 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
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,36588.001,2011thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,39990.751,2702thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,18678.019258thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,309126.141,65249
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,102110.831,2227thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,10990.461,0036thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,434129.201,85367
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,337114.741,53411
SteersSelectAverage1,39499.071,38115

Every lot, as filed

17 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 ChoiceHeavy Weight1,750106.75/cwt106.75–106.751,8681
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,232114.71/cwt114.00–119.751,4138
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,24092.40/cwt90.00–98.001,1464
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,339124.48/cwt121.50–129.501,66726
SteersSelect and Choice1,548118.87/cwt118.75–119.001,8402
SteersSelect1,450101.49/cwt100.00–106.001,47211
SteersChoice1,494132.20/cwt123.00–133.501,97541
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,39990.75/cwt86.50–95.001,2702
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,32582.21/cwt81.00–83.501,0892
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,13976.61/cwt70.00–79.508736
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,36588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,2011
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,216125.64/cwt118.00–132.501,52827
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,590120.36/cwt119.00–121.001,9146
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed997109.46/cwt104.00–114.501,0915
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,10990.46/cwt84.50–97.501,0036
HeifersSelect and Choice1,365114.26/cwt113.50–115.001,5602
HeifersChoice1,362129.16/cwt122.00–132.001,75916

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.