Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-03-15

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 15
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
134 head
14 vs last sale 148 134 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 were 1.00 lower, choice slaughter heifers .50 lower. Demand good. Active trade.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,310136.921,793112
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,243126.911,57831
HeifersSelectAverage1,193113.301,3523thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,399138.081,932157
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,465124.341,8215thin
SteersSelectAverage1,327115.201,5297thin

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
SteersSelect and Choice1,546124.17/cwt123.00–126.001,9204
SteersSelect1,463115.99/cwt115.00–117.001,6972
SteersChoice1,427139.01/cwt133.50–143.001,984119
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,193113.30/cwt111.00–115.001,3523
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,273114.88/cwt111.00–119.001,4625
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,312135.17/cwt129.00–140.001,77338
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,140125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4251
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,293136.77/cwt132.00–139.001,76882
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,455118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,7171
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,213127.11/cwt119.00–130.001,54226
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,564129.80/cwt129.50–130.002,0305
HeifersSelect and Choice1,388127.87/cwt124.00–130.001,7754
HeifersChoice1,314138.83/cwt133.00–144.001,82425

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.