Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-05-24

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 24
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
338 head
151 vs last sale 187 56 vs year ago 282 · +19.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today due to last week not reported. Several load lots today. 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
BullsAverage1,233111.591,3766thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,36883.851,1474thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,600114.001,8241thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,223140.761,721108
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,174125.441,47344
HeifersSelectAverage1,275112.031,42818
SteersChoiceAverage1,191139.981,667132
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,216131.791,6029thin
SteersSelectAverage1,192108.591,2943thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,111110.44/cwt103.00–112.501,2279
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,546121.22/cwt116.50–123.501,87410
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,565106.32/cwt101.00–111.001,6643
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,463137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,0045
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,36883.85/cwt75.00–86.001,1474
SteersChoice1,381140.40/cwt138.00–144.501,93934
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,153132.48/cwt127.50–134.001,5277
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,085106.88/cwt104.00–109.001,1602
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,125139.83/cwt138.50–143.501,57398
SteersSelect1,405112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,5741
Dairy SteersChoice1,600114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,8241
HeifersSelect and Choice1,295131.52/cwt131.00–132.001,7032
SteersSelect and Choice1,435129.39/cwt126.00–133.001,8572
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,136141.98/cwt135.00–143.601,61353
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,050126.38/cwt121.00–133.501,32732
HeifersSelect1,375117.28/cwt115.00–121.251,6136
HeifersChoice1,291139.84/cwt137.75–142.501,80550
BullsReturn to Feed1,130110.87/cwt104.00–119.001,2534
Bulls1,438113.03/cwt108.00–118.001,6252

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.