Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, choice dairy steers mostly steady, slaughter cows .50-1.00 higher. 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	1,742	88.34	1,539	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,491	66.80	996	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,245	58.42	727	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,089	45.93	500	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,443	94.36	1,362	23
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,124	84.66	952	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,295	106.26	1,376	291
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,218	99.74	1,215	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,023	94.77	969	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,395	106.35	1,484	349
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,247	101.80	1,269	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,035	96.99	1,004	6thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	2,085	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	2,085	1
Bulls	—	—	1,275	64.51/cwt	64.00–65.00	823	2
Bulls	—	—	1,761	89.47/cwt	75.00–98.00	1,576	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	58.42/cwt	54.00–62.00	727	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,661	71.37/cwt	70.00–73.00	1,185	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	66.24/cwt	63.00–69.00	974	41
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,124	84.66/cwt	83.00–89.00	952	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,443	94.36/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,362	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	40.45/cwt	35.00–43.00	441	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	49.36/cwt	46.00–53.00	538	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,290	106.43/cwt	102.50–108.75	1,373	287
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,218	99.74/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,215	25
Steers	Choice	—	1,391	106.48/cwt	102.25–108.75	1,481	345
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,284	100.26/cwt	96.50–102.00	1,287	14
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,630	94.27/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,537	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,740	95.46/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,661	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,023	94.77/cwt	91.00–97.00	969	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,035	96.99/cwt	91.00–105.00	1,004	6
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,160	105.40/cwt	105.10–106.00	1,223	6

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Sep 24, 2020

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

Receipts 997Last week 1,108Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, choice dairy steers mostly steady, slaughter cows .50-1.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,085	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,275	64.00–65.00	64.51
32	—	1,761	75.00–98.00	89.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,245	54.00–62.00	58.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,661	70.00–73.00	71.37
41	—	1,470	63.00–69.00	66.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,089	35.00–43.00	40.45
8	—	1,089	46.00–53.00	49.36
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,124	83.00–89.00	84.66
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,443	91.00–97.00	94.36
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
287	—	1,290	102.50–108.75	106.43
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,218	95.00–102.00	99.74
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,630	93.00–96.00	94.27
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,023	91.00–97.00	94.77
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
345	—	1,391	102.25–108.75	106.48
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,284	96.50–102.00	100.26
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,740	93.00–97.00	95.46
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,035	91.00–105.00	96.99
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,160	105.10–106.00	105.40

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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