Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-02-27

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 27
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
126 head
16 vs last sale 142 9 vs year ago 117 · +7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

DUNLAP LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER CATTLE AUCTION - - - - Compared to last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were fully 5.00 higher. Demand was good for today's light offering. Trade was very 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
BullsAverage1,089152.431,6604thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,342182.982,45638
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,261172.272,17318
SteersChoiceAverage1,402183.002,56640
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,426172.702,46411

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Bulls1,135150.91/cwt145.00–159.001,7133
BullsReturn to Feed950157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,4921
HeifersSelect and Choice1,285174.42/cwt173.00–177.002,24112
HeifersChoice1,297177.69/cwt171.00–181.002,3056
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,140178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,0291
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,573182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,8635
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,190176.50/cwt176.50–176.502,1002
SteersChoiceNatural1,458184.60/cwt184.60–184.602,6917
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,281167.87/cwt167.75–168.002,1506
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,601178.50/cwt178.25–179.502,8585
HeifersChoiceNatural1,271184.50/cwt184.50–184.502,3453
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,213182.58/cwt175.00–183.502,2159
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,155162.58/cwt158.00–171.001,8784
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,375185.35/cwt184.25–186.252,54915
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,525179.50/cwt179.50–179.502,7371
SteersChoice1,377182.36/cwt178.00–185.002,51118
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,439184.03/cwt177.50–184.602,64813

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.