Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 3.50-3.75 lower, slaughter cows mostly 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	1,669	88.39	1,475	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,397	71.02	992	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,348	62.91	848	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,091	52.26	570	20
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	95.74	1,393	22
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,321	87.16	1,151	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,251	107.38	1,343	112
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,244	101.54	1,263	23
Heifers	Select	Average	1,037	94.43	979	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,353	107.45	1,454	229
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,311	101.17	1,326	30
Steers	Select	Average	1,084	95.95	1,040	9thin

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	—	—	1,488	99.91/cwt	99.00–101.00	1,487	2
Bulls	—	—	1,473	73.45/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,082	4
Bulls	—	—	1,757	91.22/cwt	82.00–98.00	1,603	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	62.91/cwt	57.00–66.00	848	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	74.96/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,043	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	69.74/cwt	67.00–72.00	976	37
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,455	95.74/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,393	22
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,321	87.16/cwt	83.00–91.00	1,151	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	42.63/cwt	41.00–45.00	440	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	53.96/cwt	48.00–58.00	594	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,251	107.38/cwt	104.50–109.00	1,343	112
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,244	101.54/cwt	99.00–103.50	1,263	23
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,311	101.17/cwt	99.00–103.75	1,326	30
Steers	Choice	—	1,353	107.45/cwt	104.50–109.75	1,454	229
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,037	94.43/cwt	88.00–98.00	979	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,084	95.95/cwt	88.00–100.00	1,040	9

How this sale compares

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Aug 27, 2020

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

Receipts 665Last week 1,034Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 3.50-3.75 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	99.00–101.00	99.91
4	—	1,473	72.00–75.00	73.45
13	—	1,757	82.00–98.00	91.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,348	57.00–66.00	62.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,391	73.00–77.00	74.96
37	—	1,399	67.00–72.00	69.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,032	41.00–45.00	42.63
17	—	1,101	48.00–58.00	53.96
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,455	93.00–100.00	95.74
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,321	83.00–91.00	87.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,251	104.50–109.00	107.38
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,244	99.00–103.50	101.54
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,037	88.00–98.00	94.43
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,311	99.00–103.75	101.17
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
229	—	1,353	104.50–109.75	107.45
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,084	88.00–100.00	95.95

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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