Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-06-28

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 28
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
325 head
170 vs last sale 155 186 vs year ago 139 · +133.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 1.5 lower, choice slaughter heifers 1.3 lower. Several big groups 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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,334106.441,4207thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,273142.341,812160
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,556124.191,9327thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,111113.511,26117
SteersChoiceAverage1,330143.231,90595
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,416133.551,89115
SteersSelectAverage1,230118.281,45412

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
SteersChoice1,335143.30/cwt138.50–147.501,91393
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,114138.18/cwt134.00–141.501,53920
Dairy SteersChoice1,334106.44/cwt106.00–108.501,4207
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,100140.10/cwt137.00–143.001,5412
SteersSelect and Choice1,482133.76/cwt130.00–137.001,98213
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed985132.18/cwt130.00–134.001,3022
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,138118.91/cwt116.00–121.001,3533
SteersSelect1,260118.07/cwt111.50–123.001,4889
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,650123.00/cwt123.00–123.002,0305
HeifersChoiceValue Added1,255145.10/cwt145.10–145.101,82115
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,039111.43/cwt110.00–121.001,15813
HeifersSelect and Choice1,320127.15/cwt126.00–128.501,6782
HeifersSelect1,345120.29/cwt119.50–121.501,6184
HeifersChoice1,301142.68/cwt136.50–144.751,856125

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.