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
BullsAverage1,314102.741,3505thin
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
Bulls1,418100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,4253
BullsReturn to Feed1,158106.10/cwt101.00–111.501,2292
HeifersChoice1,365147.36/cwt141.00–152.252,01123
HeifersSelect1,415111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,5711
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,216142.80/cwt138.00–150.501,73630
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,120108.76/cwt105.00–114.001,2185
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,739138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,4005
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,900126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,3941
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,257120.01/cwt115.00–124.001,5093
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,150132.81/cwt127.00–136.501,52712
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,100134.48/cwt131.00–137.251,47916
HeifersSelect and Choice1,396135.92/cwt132.00–139.001,8974
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,605137.95/cwt136.00–139.002,2143
SteersChoice1,429147.89/cwt139.00–153.502,11356
SteersSelect1,375115.98/cwt111.00–121.001,5952
SteersSelect and Choice1,493133.46/cwt133.00–134.001,9932
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,279141.14/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.