Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to no sale last week. 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	—	Low	1,905	71.40	1,360	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	63.15	916	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,364	52.73	719	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,191	40.56	483	74
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,510	93.10	1,406	46
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,408	86.56	1,219	20
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,242	77.44	962	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,351	108.62	1,467	275
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,263	101.70	1,284	54
Heifers	Select	Average	1,070	96.19	1,029	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	108.16	1,572	456
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,323	100.39	1,328	77
Steers	Select	Average	1,121	97.50	1,093	20

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	63.15/cwt	60.00–69.00	916	28
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,408	86.56/cwt	80.00–89.50	1,219	20
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,121	97.50/cwt	86.00–101.25	1,093	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	52.73/cwt	47.00–59.00	719	100
Steers	Choice	—	1,453	108.16/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,572	456
Heifers	Choice	—	1,351	108.62/cwt	104.50–111.50	1,467	275
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,323	100.39/cwt	95.00–103.50	1,328	77
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,263	101.70/cwt	97.00–103.75	1,284	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,219	43.60/cwt	40.00–46.00	531	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	34.96/cwt	20.00–39.00	398	26
Bulls	—	—	1,856	63.72/cwt	50.00–69.00	1,183	12
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,070	96.19/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,029	9
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,242	77.44/cwt	66.00–83.00	962	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,510	93.10/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,406	46
Bulls	—	—	1,937	76.52/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,482	18

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 Dec 3, 2020

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

Receipts 1,464Last week 1,587Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to no sale last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,450	60.00–69.00	63.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,364	47.00–59.00	52.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,219	40.00–46.00	43.60
26	—	1,139	20.00–39.00	34.96
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,408	80.00–89.50	86.56
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,242	66.00–83.00	77.44
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,510	90.00–97.00	93.10
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,121	86.00–101.25	97.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
456	—	1,453	104.00–111.00	108.16
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,323	95.00–103.50	100.39
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
275	—	1,351	104.50–111.50	108.62
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,263	97.00–103.75	101.70
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,070	89.00–99.00	96.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,856	50.00–69.00	63.72
18	—	1,937	70.00–82.00	76.52

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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