Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-12-17

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 17
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
190 head
24 vs last sale 214 14 vs year ago 204 · 6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Too light a test on steers both weeks. No comparison. Choice slaughter heifers 4.00 higher today. No implant and drug free cattle bringing a premium. Reputation group of heavier steers topping the market at 200.25. Most of the sale consisted of smaller strings. Good demand today.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,379194.322,68066
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,212191.212,31765
SteersChoiceAverage1,508196.992,97133
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,307191.012,49716

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
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,612191.01/cwt189.50–194.003,0793
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,338191.44/cwt189.00–192.002,56110
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,455198.50/cwt198.50–198.502,8883
SteersSelect and Choice1,365191.25/cwt191.25–191.252,6112
SteersChoice1,579200.25/cwt200.25–200.253,16210
SteersChoice1,370193.89/cwt193.00–197.002,6566
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,085195.74/cwt184.00–211.502,12433
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,539197.50/cwt197.50–197.503,0405
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,201189.80/cwt189.00–193.002,2794
SteersChoiceNatural1,596193.47/cwt190.00–195.503,0883
SteersChoiceNatural1,356199.50/cwt199.50–199.502,7053
HeifersChoiceNatural1,260197.50/cwt197.50–197.502,4893
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,583179.83/cwt178.00–180.502,8476
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,318194.06/cwt193.00–197.002,55813
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,213188.64/cwt187.00–190.502,28816
HeifersChoice1,402194.20/cwt191.50–196.252,72350
HeifersSelect and Choice1,407187.18/cwt184.00–189.502,63410

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.