Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week not reported. 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	1,836	75.29	1,382	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,506	63.42	955	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	54.34	704	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,213	41.73	506	74
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,489	93.79	1,397	38
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,405	85.65	1,203	14
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,225	76.00	931	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,337	103.68	1,386	405
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,239	100.06	1,240	38
Heifers	Select	Average	1,104	86.47	955	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	103.76	1,528	617
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,274	98.74	1,258	41
Steers	Select	Average	1,155	94.79	1,095	5thin

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	—	—	1,892	76.85/cwt	64.00–86.00	1,454	24
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,104	86.47/cwt	80.00–91.00	955	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,155	94.79/cwt	89.00–97.75	1,095	5
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,405	85.65/cwt	81.00–89.50	1,203	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,239	100.06/cwt	96.00–101.75	1,240	38
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,648	85.66/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,412	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,274	98.74/cwt	94.00–101.50	1,258	41
Bulls	—	—	1,160	56.58/cwt	55.00–58.00	656	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	63.42/cwt	60.00–68.00	955	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	33.73/cwt	25.00–39.00	412	23
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,489	93.79/cwt	90.00–96.50	1,397	38
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,225	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	931	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,795	86.79/cwt	76.00–92.00	1,558	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,332	103.95/cwt	102.00–105.85	1,385	399
Steers	Choice	—	1,465	104.18/cwt	102.00–106.25	1,526	602
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	54.34/cwt	50.00–59.00	704	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	45.34/cwt	40.00–49.00	549	51

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 Nov 19, 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: No comparison due to last week not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,892	64.00–86.00	76.85
2	—	1,160	55.00–58.00	56.58
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,104	80.00–91.00	86.47
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,239	96.00–101.75	100.06
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,648	80.00–91.00	85.66
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
399	—	1,332	102.00–105.85	103.95
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,155	89.00–97.75	94.79
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,274	94.00–101.50	98.74
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,795	76.00–92.00	86.79
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
602	—	1,465	102.00–106.25	104.18
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,405	81.00–89.50	85.65
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,489	90.00–96.50	93.79
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	76.00	76.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,506	60.00–68.00	63.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,220	25.00–39.00	33.73
51	—	1,210	40.00–49.00	45.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,295	50.00–59.00	54.34

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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