Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 higher, choice Dairy steers .25-.50 lower, slaughter cows .75-1.00 lower. 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	1,625	79.72	1,295	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	64.65	976	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,353	57.65	780	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,121	47.27	530	44
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,484	93.73	1,391	30
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	85.36	1,118	19
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,071	77.09	826	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,294	107.11	1,386	265
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	100.49	1,256	20
Heifers	Select	Average	1,068	94.26	1,007	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	107.15	1,515	389
Steers	Select	Average	1,058	100.80	1,066	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,292	99.30	1,283	20

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	—	1,671	81.20/cwt	71.00–88.00	1,357	22
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,058	100.80/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,066	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,201	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,225	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,310	85.36/cwt	82.00–89.50	1,118	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,250	100.49/cwt	94.00–102.50	1,256	20
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,068	94.26/cwt	86.00–101.00	1,007	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,484	93.73/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,391	30
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,071	77.09/cwt	71.00–79.50	826	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,803	95.52/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,722	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,294	107.11/cwt	103.00–109.85	1,386	265
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	107.21/cwt	103.00–109.75	1,514	387
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	57.65/cwt	53.00–62.00	780	68
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	64.65/cwt	63.00–67.00	976	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	49.20/cwt	45.00–52.00	562	33
Bulls	—	—	1,120	63.38/cwt	54.00–69.00	710	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	41.47/cwt	36.00–44.00	437	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,315	98.62/cwt	91.00–102.50	1,297	16

How this sale compares

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Oct 1, 2020

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 higher, choice Dairy steers .25-.50 lower, slaughter cows .75-1.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,671	71.00–88.00	81.20
2	—	1,120	54.00–69.00	63.38
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,058	99.00–104.00	100.80
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	102.00	102.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,803	95.00–96.00	95.52
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
387	—	1,412	103.00–109.75	107.21
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,315	91.00–102.50	98.62
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,310	82.00–89.50	85.36
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,484	91.00–99.00	93.73
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,071	71.00–79.50	77.09
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,250	94.00–102.50	100.49
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,068	86.00–101.00	94.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
265	—	1,294	103.00–109.85	107.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,353	53.00–62.00	57.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,510	63.00–67.00	64.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,143	45.00–52.00	49.20
11	—	1,053	36.00–44.00	41.47

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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