Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25 higher, choice dairy steers 1.00 higher, slaughter cows : Breakers were 2.00 higher, boner and lean were steady. 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	1,493	95.20	1,421	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,398	74.80	1,046	73
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	64.99	842	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,119	48.62	544	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,513	91.10	1,378	16
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,453	85.13	1,237	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,285	75.82	974	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,256	103.51	1,300	92
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,160	96.93	1,124	26
Heifers	Select	Average	1,005	85.52	859	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,339	103.74	1,389	231
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,195	97.26	1,162	35
Steers	Select	Average	1,075	85.18	916	21

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	—	1,793	109.13/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,957	2
Bulls	—	—	1,450	93.21/cwt	78.00–99.00	1,352	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	64.99/cwt	60.00–68.00	842	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	72.39/cwt	69.00–74.00	992	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	76.78/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,091	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,182	43.68/cwt	43.00–45.00	516	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,285	75.82/cwt	74.00–78.50	974	5
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,453	85.13/cwt	81.00–86.50	1,237	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	51.09/cwt	46.00–55.00	556	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,256	103.51/cwt	100.00–105.75	1,300	92
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,160	96.93/cwt	93.00–99.50	1,124	26
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,195	97.26/cwt	94.00–99.50	1,162	35
Steers	Choice	—	1,339	103.74/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,389	231
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,513	91.10/cwt	88.00–93.50	1,378	16
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,005	85.52/cwt	81.00–89.00	859	8
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,075	85.18/cwt	76.00–91.00	916	21

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 30, 2020

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,793	105.00–113.00	109.13
14	—	1,450	78.00–99.00	93.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,296	60.00–68.00	64.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,371	69.00–74.00	72.39
40	—	1,421	75.00–81.00	76.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	43.00–45.00	43.68
6	—	1,088	46.00–55.00	51.09
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,285	74.00–78.50	75.82
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,453	81.00–86.50	85.13
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,513	88.00–93.50	91.10
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,256	100.00–105.75	103.51
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,160	93.00–99.50	96.93
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,005	81.00–89.00	85.52
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,195	94.00–99.50	97.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
231	—	1,339	100.00–107.00	103.74
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,075	76.00–91.00	85.18

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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