Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.25 lower,slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. 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	1,528	91.26	1,394	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,401	71.31	999	79
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,246	64.05	798	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	979	50.19	491	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,489	90.57	1,349	44
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,294	83.85	1,085	17
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,203	75.12	904	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,240	100.62	1,248	207
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,199	95.38	1,144	72
Heifers	Select	Average	970	83.89	814	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,385	100.99	1,399	301
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,274	95.89	1,222	67
Steers	Select	Average	1,120	86.00	963	2thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,363	62.25/cwt	60.00–64.00	848	3
Bulls	—	—	1,701	104.50/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,778	6
Bulls	—	—	1,502	91.62/cwt	81.00–99.00	1,376	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	64.05/cwt	60.00–66.00	798	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	75.50/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,148	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	70.24/cwt	67.00–74.00	962	63
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,489	90.57/cwt	87.00–93.50	1,349	44
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,203	75.12/cwt	72.50–78.50	904	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,294	83.85/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,085	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	42.02/cwt	39.00–46.00	398	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	55.29/cwt	51.00–58.00	552	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,240	100.62/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,248	207
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,199	95.38/cwt	90.00–97.50	1,144	72
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,274	95.89/cwt	92.00–97.75	1,222	67
Steers	Choice	—	1,385	100.99/cwt	98.00–104.00	1,399	301
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	970	83.89/cwt	80.00–87.00	814	14
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,120	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	963	2

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Jul 16, 2020

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

Receipts 1,061Last week 370Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.25 lower,slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,363	60.00–64.00	62.25
6	—	1,701	101.00–110.00	104.50
21	—	1,502	81.00–99.00	91.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,246	60.00–66.00	64.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,521	74.00–82.00	75.50
63	—	1,370	67.00–74.00	70.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	948	39.00–46.00	42.02
8	—	998	51.00–58.00	55.29
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,489	87.00–93.50	90.57
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	72.50–78.50	75.12
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,294	80.00–86.00	83.85
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	1,240	98.00–102.00	100.62
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,199	90.00–97.50	95.38
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	970	80.00–87.00	83.89
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,274	92.00–97.75	95.89
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
301	—	1,385	98.00–104.00	100.99
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	86.00	86.00

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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