Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-11-28

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 28
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
277 head
138 vs last sale 139 62 vs year ago 339 · 18.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady to 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Several large groups of both steers and heifers in the offering. Good demand today.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,329171.902,285127
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,367170.072,32440
HeifersSelectAverage1,040153.001,5912thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,390171.632,38683
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,270163.902,0828thin
SteersSelectAverage1,517154.472,3433thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 Feed1,236165.33/cwt160.00–168.002,0434
SteersSelectHeavy Weight1,720151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,5971
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,730160.50/cwt160.50–160.502,7771
SteersSelect1,415156.21/cwt155.50–157.002,2102
SteersChoice1,580171.50/cwt171.50–171.502,7101
SteersChoice1,382171.43/cwt169.00–172.502,36940
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,050150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5751
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,178171.92/cwt171.00–172.002,02513
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,385172.10/cwt170.00–172.602,38441
SteersSelect and Choice1,304162.47/cwt160.50–165.002,1194
HeifersChoiceNatural1,325171.50/cwt171.50–171.502,2721
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,538171.92/cwt171.50–172.002,64413
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,338172.05/cwt170.00–172.752,30283
HeifersSelect1,030156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,6071
HeifersSelect and Choice1,383166.64/cwt162.00–170.002,30514
HeifersChoice1,312171.61/cwt170.00–174.002,25243

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.