Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-07-26

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 26
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
170 head
59 vs last sale 229 41 vs year ago 211 · 19.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.25 lower. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,200140.731,68950
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,088133.591,45310
HeifersSelectAverage1,198117.911,41315
SteersChoiceAverage1,387141.761,96769
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,226134.081,64411
SteersSelectAverage1,110122.001,3541thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
HeifersChoice1,263140.78/cwt138.75–142.251,77835
HeifersSelect1,349119.72/cwt114.50–123.501,6155
HeifersSelect and Choice1,228135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6582
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,580138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,1802
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,053133.24/cwt132.00–134.001,4038
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed973141.02/cwt138.00–143.001,37213
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,840130.50/cwt130.50–130.502,4011
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,089139.56/cwt138.00–147.501,5207
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,110122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3541
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,123117.00/cwt116.00–121.001,31410
SteersChoice1,421142.01/cwt138.00–144.002,01862
SteersSelect and Choice1,326135.76/cwt134.00–137.001,8004
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,057133.56/cwt130.00–136.001,4126

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.