Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-04-05

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 5
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
368 head
198 vs last sale 170 139 vs year ago 229 · +60.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 2.3 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.00 higher. Demand good. Trade 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,41090.501,2761thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,289137.641,775108
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,191121.481,44733
HeifersSelectAverage1,035105.571,09336
SteersChoiceAverage1,441142.862,059145
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,268129.861,6475thin
SteersSelectAverage880117.121,0318thin

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
HeifersChoice1,400141.16/cwt134.00–144.101,97663
HeifersSelect1,480115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7022
HeifersSelect and Choice1,471126.22/cwt124.50–129.501,8577
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,116120.20/cwt116.00–125.501,34126
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,753126.42/cwt125.00–128.002,2162
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,580104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,6431
SteersChoice1,506144.22/cwt137.00–150.002,172110
SteersSelect and Choice1,453128.80/cwt125.00–133.001,8712
SteersSelectReturn to Feed880117.12/cwt115.00–117.501,0318
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,145130.56/cwt130.00–132.001,4953
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,237138.57/cwt135.00–145.001,71435
Dairy HeifersChoice1,41090.50/cwt90.50–90.501,2761
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,106133.01/cwt127.00–139.001,47143
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed992105.05/cwt96.00–112.501,04233

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.