Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-12-14

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 14
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
395 head
170 vs last sale 225 87 vs year ago 308 · +28.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 2.00 lower, choice slaughter heifers 4.5 lower. Trade active. Good demand.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,331135.001,797137
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,115119.261,33026
HeifersSelectAverage1,189104.561,24316
SteersChoiceAverage1,427136.671,950188
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,274125.371,5974thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
HeifersChoice1,374135.52/cwt126.00–138.001,86299
HeifersSelect1,357101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3713
HeifersSelect and Choice1,395123.00/cwt122.00–124.001,7162
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,113106.71/cwt104.00–110.001,18812
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,004121.25/cwt115.00–125.001,21720
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,765123.50/cwt123.50–123.502,1801
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,204133.91/cwt127.00–139.501,61237
SteersChoice1,473137.74/cwt132.00–139.002,029131
SteersSelect and Choice1,393126.79/cwt125.00–128.501,7662
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,847125.49/cwt124.00–126.252,3183
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,291134.70/cwt127.50–136.501,73954
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,155123.95/cwt123.00–125.001,4322
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,60089.50/cwt89.50–89.501,4321
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,529107.44/cwt101.00–110.001,6434

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.