Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-.50 higher, Dairy steers 1.50 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,513	92.94	1,406	27
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,412	87.21	1,231	26
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,340	70.44	944	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,329	105.25	1,399	272
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,231	98.10	1,208	19
Heifers	Select	Average	1,096	90.06	987	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,442	104.34	1,504	284
Steers	Select	Average	1,220	99.77	1,217	80
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,288	97.98	1,262	26

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	—	1,675	94.22/cwt	77.00–101.00	1,578	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,426	105.02/cwt	102.00–107.25	1,498	266
Heifers	Choice	—	1,329	105.25/cwt	102.00–107.85	1,399	272
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,288	97.98/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,262	26
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,412	87.21/cwt	80.00–89.50	1,231	26
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,231	98.10/cwt	91.00–101.50	1,208	19
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,220	99.77/cwt	87.00–103.50	1,217	80
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,340	70.44/cwt	65.00–79.00	944	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,096	90.06/cwt	80.00–101.00	987	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,513	92.94/cwt	90.00–95.25	1,406	27

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 17, 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: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-.50 higher, Dairy steers 1.50 lower. 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
18	—	1,675	77.00–101.00	94.22
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
266	—	1,426	102.00–107.25	105.02
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,288	91.00–101.00	97.98
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,220	87.00–103.50	99.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
272	—	1,329	102.00–107.85	105.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,231	91.00–101.50	98.10
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,096	80.00–101.00	90.06
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,412	80.00–89.50	87.21
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,340	65.00–79.00	70.44
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,513	90.00–95.25	92.94

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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