Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-10-15

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 15
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
211 head
70 vs last sale 141 36 vs year ago 175 · +20.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Heavyweight steers bringing a slight premium. Heifers with no implants showing a small gain. Mostly smaller packages in the offering today. 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
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,558176.552,7513thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,359184.512,50875
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,053183.391,93122
SteersChoiceAverage1,453185.152,68982
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,176182.462,14621

Every lot, as filed

14 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
SteersChoice1,525185.35/cwt184.75–185.602,8277
SteersChoice1,412185.11/cwt182.00–185.752,61452
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,558176.55/cwt174.50–177.502,7513
SteersChoiceNatural1,452184.50/cwt184.50–184.502,6792
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,678185.69/cwt184.00–186.103,1168
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,118180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,0123
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,186182.87/cwt180.75–184.002,16918
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,437185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,65813
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,575180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,8352
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,340185.49/cwt183.50–185.852,48617
HeifersChoiceNatural1,351185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,4994
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,035184.37/cwt180.50–201.001,90818
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,135179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,0324
HeifersChoice1,358184.32/cwt181.00–185.102,50352

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.