Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-01-25

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 25
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
226 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 200▲ 226 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers remain steady. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,63398.501,6092thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,283133.291,71082
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,363118.071,6095thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,292109.061,40911
SteersChoiceAverage1,471136.482,00888
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,452123.631,7958thin
SteersSelectAverage1,410100.841,42211

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
Dairy SteersChoice—1,63398.50/cwt98.50–98.501,6092
SteersSelectHeavy Weight—2,05590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,8501
SteersSelect and Choice—1,536123.12/cwt120.00–126.001,8916
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,200125.14/cwt123.00–127.001,5022
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,305135.36/cwt131.00–137.001,76621
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,20499.06/cwt93.00–105.001,1935
SteersSelect—1,487104.79/cwt100.00–111.001,5585
SteersChoice—1,523136.83/cwt130.00–138.002,08467
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,138130.80/cwt125.50–132.501,48931
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,553127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,9722
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,198117.88/cwt115.50–120.501,4122
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,211110.27/cwt110.00–111.001,3357
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,473118.19/cwt114.00–120.001,7413
HeifersSelect—1,435106.93/cwt105.00–110.001,5344
HeifersChoice—1,364135.12/cwt130.50–137.601,84349

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.