Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-2.00 lower, choice Dairy steers 1.00 lower, slaughter cows 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	—	Average	1,638	88.96	1,457	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,346	66.76	898	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	58.90	693	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	46.03	504	24
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,516	93.15	1,412	31
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,387	86.10	1,194	16
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,158	70.50	816	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,278	104.40	1,334	163
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,183	98.22	1,162	35
Heifers	Select	Average	1,057	96.87	1,024	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,431	104.54	1,496	281
Steers	Select	Average	1,113	101.04	1,125	23
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,288	98.28	1,266	29

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	—	1,113	101.04/cwt	90.00–106.00	1,125	23
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,057	96.87/cwt	91.00–102.50	1,024	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,516	93.15/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,412	31
Steers	Choice	—	1,431	104.54/cwt	102.00–107.35	1,496	281
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,288	98.28/cwt	93.00–101.50	1,266	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,183	98.22/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,162	35
Heifers	Choice	—	1,278	104.40/cwt	102.00–108.35	1,334	163
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	49.36/cwt	45.00–53.00	563	17
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,387	86.10/cwt	81.00–89.50	1,194	16
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,158	70.50/cwt	70.00–71.00	816	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	37.94/cwt	31.00–43.00	374	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,337	66.22/cwt	63.00–69.00	885	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	71.14/cwt	70.00–72.00	1,007	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	58.90/cwt	54.00–62.00	693	43
Bulls	—	—	1,600	86.47/cwt	78.00–96.00	1,384	22
Bulls	—	—	1,844	102.64/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,893	4

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 Sep 10, 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 1.50-2.00 lower, choice Dairy steers 1.00 lower, slaughter cows steady. 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
23	—	1,113	90.00–106.00	101.04
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
281	—	1,431	102.00–107.35	104.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,288	93.00–101.50	98.28
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,057	91.00–102.50	96.87
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,183	93.00–101.00	98.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,278	102.00–108.35	104.40
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,516	90.00–95.00	93.15
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,387	81.00–89.50	86.10
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	70.00–71.00	70.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,140	45.00–53.00	49.36
7	—	987	31.00–43.00	37.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,337	63.00–69.00	66.22
6	—	1,415	70.00–72.00	71.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,176	54.00–62.00	58.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,600	78.00–96.00	86.47
4	—	1,844	101.00–105.00	102.64

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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