Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-05-16

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 16
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
147 head
63 vs last sale 210 147 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were 1.00 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,287174.632,24860
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,300165.622,1534thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,375149.352,0544thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,409177.442,50074
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,450167.332,4263thin

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 Choice1,600167.50/cwt166.50–168.502,6802
SteersChoice1,406177.16/cwt170.00–179.102,49165
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,165150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7481
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,182173.83/cwt171.00–175.002,05513
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,165174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,0271
SteersChoiceNatural1,461180.10/cwt180.10–180.102,6318
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,150167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,9211
HeifersChoiceNatural1,473179.50/cwt179.50–179.502,6442
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,185165.28/cwt164.50–166.001,9592
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,590168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,6711
HeifersSelect and Choice1,415165.95/cwt165.00–167.002,3482
HeifersSelect1,445149.13/cwt140.00–155.502,1553
HeifersChoice1,303174.80/cwt170.00–176.502,27844

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.