Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last sale reported was two weeks ago. 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	1,535	89.76	1,378	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	70.38	957	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	62.49	786	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,132	48.98	554	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	94.10	1,334	33
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,328	87.08	1,156	14
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,395	78.48	1,095	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,258	111.30	1,400	238
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,125	107.35	1,208	26
Steers	Choice	Average	1,382	111.55	1,542	388
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,227	106.92	1,312	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,110	105.04	1,166	7thin

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
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,110	105.04/cwt	102.50–110.00	1,166	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,382	111.55/cwt	109.00–113.85	1,542	388
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,227	106.92/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,312	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,125	107.35/cwt	103.50–108.50	1,208	26
Heifers	Choice	—	1,258	111.30/cwt	109.00–113.50	1,400	238
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	52.37/cwt	40.00–56.00	623	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	842	32.05/cwt	23.00–38.00	270	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,328	87.08/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,156	14
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,395	78.48/cwt	78.00–79.00	1,095	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,418	94.10/cwt	90.50–96.50	1,334	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,321	69.25/cwt	67.00–71.00	915	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	73.50/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,079	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	62.49/cwt	57.00–66.00	786	57
Bulls	—	—	1,523	92.25/cwt	81.00–99.00	1,405	22
Bulls	—	—	1,452	74.51/cwt	66.00–79.00	1,082	6
Bulls	—	—	1,792	102.01/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,828	3

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 Aug 20, 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: No comparison due to last sale reported was two weeks ago. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,110	102.50–110.00	105.04
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
388	—	1,382	109.00–113.85	111.55
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,227	102.00–108.50	106.92
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,125	103.50–108.50	107.35
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
238	—	1,258	109.00–113.50	111.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,190	40.00–56.00	52.37
3	—	842	23.00–38.00	32.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,321	67.00–71.00	69.25
16	—	1,468	72.00–76.00	73.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,258	57.00–66.00	62.49
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,328	83.00–89.00	87.08
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	78.00–79.00	78.48
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,418	90.50–96.50	94.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,523	81.00–99.00	92.25
6	—	1,452	66.00–79.00	74.51
3	—	1,792	101.00–103.00	102.01

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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