Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-02-20

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 20
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
142 head
23 vs last sale 165 50 vs year ago 192 · 26.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction last Tuesday, in today's light offering choice slaughter steers were fully steady. Choice slaughter heifers were also fully steady. Demand was good for today's offering. Trade was active.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,336177.572,37261
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,364167.492,28535
SteersChoiceAverage1,423177.172,52132
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,275166.662,12413

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
HeifersChoice1,335171.50/cwt171.50–171.502,2901
HeifersChoice1,238176.23/cwt171.00–180.002,18230
HeifersSelect and Choice1,453179.76/cwt164.00–182.252,6126
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,633158.04/cwt155.00–173.502,58110
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,585165.50/cwt155.00–176.002,6232
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,158170.62/cwt160.00–180.001,97618
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,423180.09/cwt174.00–182.002,56328
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,860132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,4551
SteersChoice1,410176.50/cwt171.00–183.002,48920
SteersSelect and Choice1,244166.74/cwt140.00–173.502,07411
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,410177.57/cwt172.00–180.002,5048
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,740172.50/cwt172.50–172.503,0021
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,275178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,2701
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,145160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,8321
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,593180.25/cwt180.25–180.252,8713

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.