Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-02-01

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 1
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
174 head
52 vs last sale 226 56 vs year ago 230 · 24.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 2.8 higher, choice slaughter heifers 4.3 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

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
BullsAverage1,414101.021,42823
HeifersChoiceAverage1,372138.641,90349
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,271128.981,64010
HeifersSelectAverage1,418115.001,6312thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,398139.011,94378
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,330129.381,7214thin
SteersSelectAverage1,240115.001,4261thin

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
BullsNatural1,438102.32/cwt101.50–102.501,47120
BullsReturn to Feed1,25292.36/cwt90.50–94.001,1563
HeifersChoice1,404139.47/cwt134.50–141.251,95833
HeifersSelect1,418115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6312
HeifersSelect and Choice1,448128.72/cwt128.00–129.501,8642
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,690132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,2311
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,324136.91/cwt133.00–139.501,81318
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,240115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4261
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,250128.74/cwt128.00–129.501,6092
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,227129.05/cwt128.50–130.001,5838
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,282137.25/cwt132.00–139.501,76015
SteersChoice1,420139.64/cwt133.00–141.301,98360
SteersSelect and Choice1,410130.02/cwt129.50–130.501,8332

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.