Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 4.75-5.00 higher, Dairy steers steady, slaughter cows .50- 1.75 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,552	85.39	1,326	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,633	81.73	1,335	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,403	68.44	960	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,208	59.72	722	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,084	44.05	478	14
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,443	93.73	1,353	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	89.21	1,111	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,143	79.02	903	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,374	113.53	1,560	167
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,287	107.34	1,381	24
Steers	Choice	Average	1,482	113.08	1,676	169
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,391	106.53	1,482	14

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	1,581	85.54/cwt	76.00–97.00	1,352	14
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,391	106.53/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,482	14
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,443	93.73/cwt	92.00–96.50	1,353	9
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,245	89.21/cwt	86.50–90.50	1,111	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,287	107.34/cwt	101.00–109.50	1,381	24
Heifers	Choice	—	1,367	113.71/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,554	163
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	38.18/cwt	31.00–43.00	406	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	48.46/cwt	44.00–52.00	533	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,453	113.57/cwt	110.00–115.75	1,650	155
Bulls	—	—	1,695	102.48/cwt	102.00–103.00	1,737	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	64.99/cwt	62.00–67.00	729	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	74.11/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,046	15
Bulls	—	—	1,210	67.26/cwt	64.00–70.00	814	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,633	81.73/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,335	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	57.84/cwt	53.00–61.00	717	28
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,802	107.64/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,940	14
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,143	79.02/cwt	78.00–80.00	903	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	66.32/cwt	62.00–71.00	928	40
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,668	106.31/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,773	4

How this sale compares

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Jan 28, 2021

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 4.75-5.00 higher, Dairy steers steady, slaughter cows .50- 1.75 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,581	76.00–97.00	85.54
2	—	1,695	102.00–103.00	102.48
2	—	1,210	64.00–70.00	67.26
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,391	103.00–109.00	106.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	1,453	110.00–115.75	113.57
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,802	103.00–109.50	107.64
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,443	92.00–96.50	93.73
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,245	86.50–90.50	89.21
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	78.00–80.00	79.02
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,287	101.00–109.50	107.34
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,367	110.00–118.00	113.71
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,668	102.00–108.50	106.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,063	31.00–43.00	38.18
8	—	1,100	44.00–52.00	48.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,122	62.00–67.00	64.99
28	—	1,239	53.00–61.00	57.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,411	72.00–78.00	74.11
40	—	1,400	62.00–71.00	66.32
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,633	80.00–86.00	81.73

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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