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
HeifersChoice—1,400141.16/cwt134.00–144.101,97663
HeifersSelect—1,480115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7022
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,471126.22/cwt124.50–129.501,8577
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,116120.20/cwt116.00–125.501,34126
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,753126.42/cwt125.00–128.002,2162
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight—1,580104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,6431
SteersChoice—1,506144.22/cwt137.00–150.002,172110
SteersSelect and Choice—1,453128.80/cwt125.00–133.001,8712
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—880117.12/cwt115.00–117.501,0318
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,145130.56/cwt130.00–132.001,4953
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,237138.57/cwt135.00–145.001,71435
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,41090.50/cwt90.50–90.501,2761
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,106133.01/cwt127.00–139.001,47143
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—992105.05/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.