Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-05-10

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 10
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
187 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 207▼ 125 vs year ago 312 · −40.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were .50 lower, choice slaughter heifers 1.00 lower. 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
Bulls—Average1,314102.741,3505thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,298144.411,87556
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,159134.771,56220
HeifersSelectAverage1,169109.131,2766thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,422145.972,07575
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,246132.441,65015
SteersSelectAverage1,304118.401,5445thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Bulls——1,418100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,4253
Bulls—Return to Feed—1,158106.10/cwt101.00–111.501,2292
HeifersChoice—1,365147.36/cwt141.00–152.252,01123
HeifersSelect—1,415111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,5711
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,216142.80/cwt138.00–150.501,73630
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,120108.76/cwt105.00–114.001,2185
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,739138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,4005
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight—1,900126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,3941
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,257120.01/cwt115.00–124.001,5093
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,150132.81/cwt127.00–136.501,52712
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,100134.48/cwt131.00–137.251,47916
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,396135.92/cwt132.00–139.001,8974
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,605137.95/cwt136.00–139.002,2143
SteersChoice—1,429147.89/cwt139.00–153.502,11356
SteersSelect—1,375115.98/cwt111.00–121.001,5952
SteersSelect and Choice—1,493133.46/cwt133.00–134.001,9932
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,279141.14/cwt138.00–143.001,80514

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.