Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-10-01

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 1
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
138 head
260 vs last sale 398 47 vs year ago 185 · 25.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers were steady with limited numbers this week. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Lighter numbers today, and most of the auction consisted of smaller packages. Good demand.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,307183.332,39657
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,248181.392,26524
SteersChoiceAverage1,461182.522,66743
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,241180.152,23617

Every lot, as filed

13 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 ChoiceReturn to Feed1,171182.57/cwt177.50–190.502,1386
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,576184.10/cwt184.10–184.102,9019
SteersSelect and Choice1,330176.20/cwt175.50–178.502,3435
SteersChoice1,383182.22/cwt179.00–184.252,52027
SteersChoiceNatural1,477183.25/cwt183.25–183.252,7072
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,669181.04/cwt180.25–182.503,0225
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,237181.02/cwt180.00–188.002,2396
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,751182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,1874
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,051182.47/cwt177.50–187.001,9186
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,088185.15/cwt178.00–204.002,0147
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,261181.95/cwt181.75–183.752,29411
HeifersSelect and Choice1,291176.34/cwt174.50–177.502,2777
HeifersChoice1,318183.66/cwt180.00–185.102,42146

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.