Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-09-13

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 13
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
225 head
115 vs last sale 110 84 vs year ago 309 · 27.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.7 higher, choice slaughter heifers steady. 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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,33394.501,2602thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,205144.431,74098
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,146126.291,4476thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,257106.721,3413thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,306147.001,920105
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,218128.161,5618thin
SteersSelectAverage1,153114.471,3203thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
HeifersChoice1,279145.50/cwt138.50–148.601,86150
HeifersSelect1,380106.58/cwt104.50–109.001,4712
HeifersSelect and Choice1,258124.78/cwt120.50–129.001,5703
HeifersChoiceNatural992150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4886
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,010107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0811
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,033127.79/cwt122.50–131.001,3203
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,147142.36/cwt136.00–145.501,63342
SteersChoice1,356145.95/cwt139.00–148.251,97969
SteersSelect and Choice1,605124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,9901
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,123142.18/cwt140.00–147.001,5977
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,153114.47/cwt113.00–118.001,3203
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,144127.46/cwt121.00–131.501,4586
SteersChoiceNatural1,231150.66/cwt148.75–153.001,85529
SteersSelect and ChoiceNatural1,275136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,7401
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,33394.50/cwt94.50–94.501,2602

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.