Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-01-30

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 30
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
235 head
82 vs last sale 317 131 vs year ago 104 · +126.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Demand good throughout the sale.

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
BullsAverage1,847128.862,3805thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,332173.662,31444
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,299168.952,19561
HeifersSelectAverage1,230156.781,92917
SteersChoiceAverage1,452173.702,52355
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,395163.862,28742
SteersSelectAverage1,173161.521,8952thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 ChoiceNatural1,360169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,2981
Bulls1,975123.50/cwt123.50–123.502,4391
Bulls1,815130.20/cwt128.50–132.002,3634
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,244172.12/cwt164.00–175.002,14129
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,625153.50/cwt153.50–153.502,4941
HeifersSelect and Choice1,334165.54/cwt161.00–168.002,20826
HeifersChoice1,332173.33/cwt171.50–175.252,30935
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,173161.52/cwt161.00–162.001,8952
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,770163.02/cwt162.50–163.502,8852
SteersChoice1,535172.87/cwt170.00–174.252,65413
SteersSelect and Choice1,340165.99/cwt164.00–169.752,2244
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,531174.22/cwt173.75–175.352,6677
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,501165.50/cwt165.50–165.502,4843
HeifersSelect1,472156.47/cwt155.00–158.502,3033
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,144157.10/cwt155.00–160.001,79713
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,461173.87/cwt172.25–175.352,54010
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,381169.10/cwt168.50–169.252,3355
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,334174.93/cwt174.00–175.352,3349
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,580165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,6071
SteersChoice1,384173.91/cwt172.00–175.102,40725
SteersSelect and Choice1,580159.50/cwt159.50–159.502,52014
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,207166.31/cwt164.25–171.002,00718

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.