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
Bulls—Average1,847128.862,3805thin
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 ChoiceNatural—1,360169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,2981
Bulls——1,975123.50/cwt123.50–123.502,4391
Bulls——1,815130.20/cwt128.50–132.002,3634
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,244172.12/cwt164.00–175.002,14129
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight—1,625153.50/cwt153.50–153.502,4941
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,334165.54/cwt161.00–168.002,20826
HeifersChoice—1,332173.33/cwt171.50–175.252,30935
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,173161.52/cwt161.00–162.001,8952
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight—1,770163.02/cwt162.50–163.502,8852
SteersChoice—1,535172.87/cwt170.00–174.252,65413
SteersSelect and Choice—1,340165.99/cwt164.00–169.752,2244
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,531174.22/cwt173.75–175.352,6677
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms—1,501165.50/cwt165.50–165.502,4843
HeifersSelect—1,472156.47/cwt155.00–158.502,3033
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,144157.10/cwt155.00–160.001,79713
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,461173.87/cwt172.25–175.352,54010
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms—1,381169.10/cwt168.50–169.252,3355
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,334174.93/cwt174.00–175.352,3349
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight—1,580165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,6071
SteersChoice—1,384173.91/cwt172.00–175.102,40725
SteersSelect and Choice—1,580159.50/cwt159.50–159.502,52014
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,207166.31/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.