Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25-2.00 higher, Dairy steers 1.25 higher, slaughter cows 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,724	86.38	1,489	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,512	72.43	1,095	80
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,366	66.69	911	119
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	52.06	551	28
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	101.03	1,451	28
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,460	89.91	1,313	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,346	117.64	1,583	201
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,295	111.55	1,445	26
Heifers	Select	Average	1,062	102.43	1,088	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	117.03	1,695	239
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,292	110.08	1,422	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,098	102.68	1,127	33

Every lot, as filed

16 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	66.31/cwt	62.00–69.00	907	111
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	117.03/cwt	114.00–120.25	1,695	239
Heifers	Choice	—	1,346	117.64/cwt	114.00–120.50	1,583	201
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,436	101.03/cwt	97.00–107.00	1,451	28
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,460	89.91/cwt	83.00–94.50	1,313	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	56.88/cwt	50.00–61.00	613	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	41.87/cwt	35.00–48.00	426	9
Bulls	—	—	1,610	74.56/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,200	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	71.94/cwt	70.00–73.00	958	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	84.56/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,241	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	72.12/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,091	78
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,292	110.08/cwt	108.00–112.50	1,422	16
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,295	111.55/cwt	107.00–113.75	1,445	26
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,062	102.43/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,088	13
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,098	102.68/cwt	86.00–108.50	1,127	33
Bulls	—	—	1,734	87.46/cwt	79.00–95.00	1,517	22

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 Mar 25, 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 1.25-2.00 higher, Dairy steers 1.25 higher, slaughter cows 1.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,368	62.00–69.00	66.31
8	—	1,331	70.00–73.00	71.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,078	50.00–61.00	56.88
9	—	1,018	35.00–48.00	41.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	82.00–87.00	84.56
78	—	1,513	70.00–79.00	72.12
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
239	—	1,448	114.00–120.25	117.03
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,292	108.00–112.50	110.08
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,098	86.00–108.50	102.68
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	1,346	114.00–120.50	117.64
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,295	107.00–113.75	111.55
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,062	99.00–104.00	102.43
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,436	97.00–107.00	101.03
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,460	83.00–94.50	89.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,610	74.00–75.00	74.56
22	—	1,734	79.00–95.00	87.46

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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