Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 3.25-3.75 lower, Dairy steers 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,479	95.40	1,411	25
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,282	85.81	1,100	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,182	76.43	903	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,312	104.41	1,370	233
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	98.46	1,226	34
Heifers	Select	Average	1,139	92.43	1,053	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,462	104.14	1,523	401
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,275	100.30	1,279	36
Steers	Select	Average	1,128	97.90	1,104	32

Every lot, as filed

10 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	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,767	98.34/cwt	98.00–99.00	1,738	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,460	104.18/cwt	102.25–106.00	1,521	398
Heifers	Choice	—	1,312	104.41/cwt	102.50–106.10	1,370	233
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,282	85.81/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,100	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,275	100.30/cwt	95.50–102.00	1,279	36
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,245	98.46/cwt	95.50–102.00	1,226	34
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,128	97.90/cwt	91.00–102.00	1,104	32
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,139	92.43/cwt	85.00–97.50	1,053	17
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,182	76.43/cwt	74.00–79.00	903	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,479	95.40/cwt	90.50–98.50	1,411	25

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 Oct 22, 2020

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 3.25-3.75 lower, Dairy steers 1.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,767	98.00–99.00	98.34
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
398	—	1,460	102.25–106.00	104.18
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,275	95.50–102.00	100.30
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,128	91.00–102.00	97.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
233	—	1,312	102.50–106.10	104.41
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,245	95.50–102.00	98.46
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,139	85.00–97.50	92.43
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,282	82.00–89.00	85.81
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	74.00–79.00	76.43
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,479	90.50–98.50	95.40

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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