Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-08-30

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 30
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
157 head
374 vs last sale 531 236 vs year ago 393 · 60.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.25 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,258142.531,79368
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,210132.041,5985thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,219121.381,4793thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,307141.961,85569
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,272131.201,6686thin
SteersSelectAverage1,246120.241,4984thin

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
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,142140.93/cwt140.00–144.001,60918
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,615124.50/cwt124.50–124.502,0111
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,162140.97/cwt137.00–147.501,63825
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,123131.46/cwt128.00–135.001,4763
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,183120.98/cwt120.00–122.001,4312
SteersSelect and Choice1,420130.94/cwt126.00–135.001,8593
SteersSelect1,308119.50/cwt119.00–120.001,5632
SteersChoice1,389142.52/cwt138.00–145.001,98044
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,758137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,4082
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,025134.07/cwt130.00–136.001,3743
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed940125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1751
HeifersSelect and Choice1,360133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,8161
HeifersSelect1,358119.57/cwt114.00–124.501,6242
HeifersChoice1,281143.36/cwt140.50–145.001,83648

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.