Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-03-07

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 7
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
235 head
118 vs last sale 117 87 vs year ago 148 · +58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00 higher. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,327163.472,170116
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,103149.311,64714
HeifersSelectAverage1,247130.841,63115
SteersChoiceAverage1,380163.462,25679
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,209152.041,8387thin
SteersSelectAverage1,230139.331,7143thin

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
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,073150.00/cwt149.00–151.001,6102
SteersSelect and Choice1,263152.85/cwt149.00–156.001,9305
SteersSelect1,325144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,9081
SteersChoice1,402163.47/cwt159.00–168.252,29264
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,183136.99/cwt134.00–140.001,6212
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,170159.89/cwt159.00–160.001,8719
SteersChoiceValue Added1,458168.75/cwt168.75–168.752,4606
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed985130.30/cwt125.00–136.001,2832
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,028157.85/cwt155.50–161.001,6234
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,093149.76/cwt140.00–152.001,63713
HeifersSelect and Choice1,230143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,7651
HeifersSelect1,287130.92/cwt130.50–135.501,68513
HeifersChoice1,338163.67/cwt155.50–166.102,190112

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.