Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison. 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	—	Low	1,619	94.35	1,528	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,412	68.14	962	76
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,239	56.02	694	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,126	47.26	532	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,626	91.14	1,482	16
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,434	85.99	1,233	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,268	99.19	1,258	96
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,155	92.39	1,067	24
Heifers	Select	Average	955	85.51	817	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,328	99.03	1,315	196
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,237	92.86	1,149	31
Steers	Select	Average	1,029	86.07	886	5thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,268	99.19/cwt	95.50–100.50	1,258	96
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,155	92.39/cwt	90.50–94.50	1,067	24
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,237	92.86/cwt	90.50–94.50	1,149	31
Steers	Choice	—	1,328	99.03/cwt	95.00–101.75	1,315	196
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,626	91.14/cwt	88.50–93.75	1,482	16
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	955	85.51/cwt	85.00–86.00	817	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,029	86.07/cwt	84.00–88.50	886	5
Bulls	—	—	1,238	57.96/cwt	50.00–68.00	718	2
Bulls	—	—	1,680	102.42/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,721	10
Bulls	—	—	1,627	93.94/cwt	80.00–99.00	1,528	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	56.02/cwt	53.00–59.00	694	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	72.07/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,078	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	66.22/cwt	60.00–69.00	908	51
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,434	85.99/cwt	84.00–87.75	1,233	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	47.26/cwt	40.00–51.00	532	13

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 Jul 2, 2020

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Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,268	95.50–100.50	99.19
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,155	90.50–94.50	92.39
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	85.00–86.00	85.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,237	90.50–94.50	92.86
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	1,328	95.00–101.75	99.03
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,029	84.00–88.50	86.07
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,626	88.50–93.75	91.14
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,434	84.00–87.75	85.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	50.00–68.00	57.96
10	—	1,680	100.00–105.00	102.42
19	—	1,627	80.00–99.00	93.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,239	53.00–59.00	56.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,496	70.00–77.00	72.07
51	—	1,371	60.00–69.00	66.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,126	40.00–51.00	47.26

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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