Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-12-12

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 12
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
271 head
6 vs last sale 277 116 vs year ago 155 · +74.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with the sale two weeks ago; CME cattle futures have been in the decline, leaving the market weak. Choice slaughter steers were 8.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 6.00 lower. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,391165.222,29877
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,256161.762,03116
HeifersSelectAverage1,366147.132,0108thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,497163.832,453120
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,302159.042,07127
SteersSelectAverage1,319144.001,8994thin

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
HeifersChoice1,391165.22/cwt162.00–166.752,29877
HeifersSelect and Choice1,367159.47/cwt156.00–160.002,1807
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,755140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,4572
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,169163.54/cwt160.00–167.001,9129
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,207151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,8235
HeifersSelect1,385142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,9671
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,190161.49/cwt155.00–165.751,92218
SteersSelect and Choice1,377155.46/cwt150.50–157.002,1415
SteersChoice1,434163.19/cwt160.50–165.502,34039
SteersChoice1,543164.03/cwt160.00–165.602,53150
SteersSelect1,455142.48/cwt140.00–145.002,0732
SteersSelect and Choice1,500154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,3101
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,347163.82/cwt161.00–164.502,20717
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,693164.89/cwt162.00–165.352,79214
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,787152.03/cwt150.00–154.002,7173
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,183145.51/cwt141.00–150.001,7212

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.