Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-05-02

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 2
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
210 head
30 vs last sale 180 3 vs year ago 207 · +1.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.9 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,371175.962,41275
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,135161.881,83829
HeifersSelectAverage1,119154.361,72823
SteersChoiceAverage1,441176.912,55064
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,361164.472,2388thin
SteersSelectAverage1,272152.441,9396thin

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
HeifersChoice1,386175.76/cwt172.25–179.852,43660
HeifersSelect1,366149.81/cwt145.00–156.502,0465
HeifersSelect and Choice1,363163.85/cwt159.50–170.002,2336
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,076161.37/cwt158.50–167.001,73623
HeifersChoiceNatural1,453177.58/cwt175.00–178.502,5806
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,213176.20/cwt171.50–176.752,1379
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,182165.03/cwt161.00–169.001,9514
SteersChoiceNatural1,540179.58/cwt178.00–182.002,76610
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,134155.62/cwt153.00–157.001,7653
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,051155.62/cwt148.00–157.501,63618
SteersChoice1,423176.42/cwt170.00–179.002,51054
SteersSelect1,410149.26/cwt143.00–154.002,1053
SteersSelect and Choice1,539163.91/cwt161.00–167.002,5234

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.