Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 3.25-4.00 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to limited receipts. 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	—	High	1,333	96.56	1,287	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,422	74.37	1,057	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	67.17	851	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,072	52.13	559	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,406	89.74	1,262	15
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,321	85.43	1,129	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,220	102.44	1,250	64
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,202	96.49	1,160	41
Heifers	Select	Average	971	89.06	865	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,309	102.96	1,348	66
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,246	96.11	1,198	42
Steers	Select	Average	1,035	90.03	932	4thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	Select and Choice	—	1,202	96.49/cwt	90.50–99.00	1,160	41
Heifers	Select	—	971	89.06/cwt	86.00–90.00	865	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,220	102.44/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,250	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	53.52/cwt	50.00–58.00	574	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	439	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	76.21/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,126	19
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,321	85.43/cwt	82.50–86.50	1,129	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,406	89.74/cwt	88.00–92.00	1,262	15
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,246	96.11/cwt	92.50–99.00	1,198	42
Steers	Select	—	1,035	90.03/cwt	89.00–91.00	932	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,309	102.96/cwt	100.00–105.25	1,348	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	72.03/cwt	69.00–74.00	972	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	64.45/cwt	61.00–67.00	852	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	71.24/cwt	68.00–74.00	843	4
Bulls	—	—	1,519	105.97/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,610	19
Bulls	—	—	1,164	91.23/cwt	75.00–99.00	1,062	12
Bulls	—	—	830	58.27/cwt	53.00–65.00	484	3

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Jul 9, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 3.25-4.00 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to limited receipts. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,202	90.50–99.00	96.49
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	971	86.00–90.00	89.06
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,220	100.00–104.00	102.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,072	50.00–58.00	53.52
1	—	1,070	41.00	41.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,478	75.00–79.00	76.21
15	—	1,350	69.00–74.00	72.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,322	61.00–67.00	64.45
4	—	1,183	68.00–74.00	71.24
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,321	82.50–86.50	85.43
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,406	88.00–92.00	89.74
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,246	92.50–99.00	96.11
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,035	89.00–91.00	90.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,309	100.00–105.25	102.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,519	101.00–109.00	105.97
12	—	1,164	75.00–99.00	91.23
3	—	830	53.00–65.00	58.27

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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