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 Feed—1,073150.00/cwt149.00–151.001,6102
SteersSelect and Choice—1,263152.85/cwt149.00–156.001,9305
SteersSelect—1,325144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,9081
SteersChoice—1,402163.47/cwt159.00–168.252,29264
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,183136.99/cwt134.00–140.001,6212
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,170159.89/cwt159.00–160.001,8719
SteersChoiceValue Added—1,458168.75/cwt168.75–168.752,4606
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—985130.30/cwt125.00–136.001,2832
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,028157.85/cwt155.50–161.001,6234
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,093149.76/cwt140.00–152.001,63713
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,230143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,7651
HeifersSelect—1,287130.92/cwt130.50–135.501,68513
HeifersChoice—1,338163.67/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.