Dunlap feeder cattle auction results

Dunlap Livestock, Dunlap, Iowa, reported receipts of 2,446 head of feeder cattle selling on Feb. 5, compared to 1,623 head on Jan. 29 and 3,774 head a year ago, according to the USDA-Iowa Department of Agriculture Market News, Des Moines, Iowa.

This was a western Iowa precondition sale and no trend was available as the previous week was not a precondition sale. There were not many lot loads of quality cattle. The demand was good for the moderate offerings. The trading was active. The supply included 100% feeder cattle with 54% steers and 46% was heifers. The feeder cattle supply weighing over 600 pounds was 73%.

Feeder steers: Medium and large frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 4 head, 355 lbs., 178.00; 16 head, 423 to 439 lbs., 170.50 to 183.00 (175.53); 21 head, 465 to 495 lbs., 165.00 to 171.00 (168.74); 49 head, 502 to 544 lbs., 162.25 to 173.00 (166.67); 86 head, 557 to 587 lbs., 152.00 to 165.00 (162.87); 99 head, 600 to 640 lbs., 144.00 to 158.00 (151.26); 182 head, 655 to 698 lbs., 138.00 to 149.00 (144.94); 238 head, 700 to 739 lbs., 131.00 to 143.00 (140.53); 284 head, 757 to 790 lbs., 132.00 to 140.00 (138.19); 20 head, 807 to 834 lbs., 127.50 to 128.00 (127.57); 208 head, 860 to 869 lbs., 125.00 to 135.30 (133.12); 26 head, 923 lbs., 129.85.

Feeder heifers: Medium and large frame 1, 33 head, 422 to 447 lbs., 153.00 to 167.00 (156.63); 15 head, 453 to 494 lbs., 150.00 to 158.00 (154.58); 149 head, 511 to 540 lbs., 145.00 to 154.20 (152.42); 202 head, 559 to 598 lbs., 137.25 to 148.00 (140.58); 203 head, 600 to 648 lbs., 130.00 to 139.00 (134.35); 110 head, 658 to 693 lbs., 126.00 to 135.00 (132.72); 92 head, 675 lbs., 139.50 fancy; 39 head, 720 to 734 lbs., 127.00 to 130.00 (127.81); 164 head, 756 to 785 lbs., 124.50 to 133.50 (130.79); 38 head, 805 to 810 lbs., 122.00 to 125.75 (125.24); 8 head, 910 to 925 lbs., 111.00 to 116.00 (113.52).