Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-10-17

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 17
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
175 head
10 vs last sale 185 230 vs year ago 405 · 56.8%
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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 steady. 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
BullsAverage1,402159.002,2297thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,302181.462,36373
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,253169.852,1286thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,436182.332,61771
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,405175.752,4692thin
SteersSelectAverage1,323166.502,20314

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
SteersChoice1,547182.21/cwt180.50–183.002,81929
SteersChoice1,385182.28/cwt179.50–184.002,52537
SteersSelect1,382168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,32211
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,163183.38/cwt181.50–189.002,1335
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,108161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,7843
SteersSelect and Choice1,365173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,3611
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,445178.50/cwt178.50–178.502,5791
Bulls1,402159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,2297
HeifersChoice1,315181.44/cwt178.00–183.002,38666
HeifersChoice1,525180.50/cwt180.50–180.502,7531
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,088181.85/cwt179.50–182.501,9795
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,650160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,6401
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,101172.02/cwt170.00–175.001,8944
HeifersSelect and Choice1,465171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,5051
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,315182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,3931

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.