Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to the first slaughter sale reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,852	81.81	1,515	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,474	64.89	956	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,315	55.55	730	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,280	44.80	573	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,581	91.76	1,451	26
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,433	85.39	1,224	12
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,185	79.00	936	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,304	117.60	1,534	91
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,215	114.56	1,392	19
Heifers	Select	Average	1,210	107.50	1,301	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,419	117.61	1,669	142
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,351	113.59	1,535	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,170	101.00	1,182	1thin

Every lot, as filed

14 lots · USDA AMS · Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,581	91.76/cwt	89.00–96.00	1,451	26
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,351	113.59/cwt	110.00–114.50	1,535	19
Steers	Select	—	1,170	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,182	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	117.61/cwt	116.00–119.60	1,669	142
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,215	114.56/cwt	112.50–115.50	1,392	19
Heifers	Select	—	1,210	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,301	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,433	85.39/cwt	83.00–88.50	1,224	12
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,185	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	936	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,304	117.60/cwt	115.75–118.35	1,534	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,280	44.80/cwt	40.00–49.00	573	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	64.33/cwt	60.00–69.00	944	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,092	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	55.55/cwt	50.00–59.00	730	43
Bulls	—	—	1,852	81.81/cwt	67.00–93.00	1,515	19

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.

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Mar 5, 2020

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Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to the first slaughter sale reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,581	89.00–96.00	91.76
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,433	83.00–88.50	85.39
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	79.00	79.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,351	110.00–114.50	113.59
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	101.00	101.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,419	116.00–119.60	117.61
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,215	112.50–115.50	114.56
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,304	115.75–118.35	117.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,280	40.00–49.00	44.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,468	60.00–69.00	64.33
2	—	1,538	71.00	71.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,315	50.00–59.00	55.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,852	67.00–93.00	81.81

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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