Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-2.50 lower, Dairy steers 1.25 lower, slaughter cows 3.00-3.50 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,610	89.06	1,434	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,480	73.75	1,091	96
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,393	66.51	926	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,062	51.99	552	41
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,539	104.55	1,609	29
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,376	96.90	1,333	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,210	73.00	883	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,318	125.06	1,648	113
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,335	118.87	1,587	44
Heifers	Select	Average	998	90.87	907	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	124.89	1,794	209
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,239	118.36	1,466	26
Steers	Select	Average	1,136	99.74	1,133	4thin

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	—	—	1,682	88.59/cwt	78.00–97.00	1,490	17
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,239	118.36/cwt	115.00–121.25	1,466	26
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,539	104.55/cwt	100.00–108.75	1,609	29
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,376	96.90/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,333	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,210	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	883	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,741	116.53/cwt	115.75–117.25	2,029	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	39.48/cwt	25.00–48.00	383	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	57.17/cwt	51.00–62.00	629	29
Heifers	Select	—	950	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	789	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	66.51/cwt	63.00–69.00	926	80
Bulls	—	—	1,634	101.75/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,663	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	83.55/cwt	80.00–94.00	1,387	4
Bulls	—	—	1,160	70.57/cwt	64.00–73.00	819	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,136	99.74/cwt	97.00–106.00	1,133	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,335	118.87/cwt	113.00–121.75	1,587	44
Steers	Choice	—	1,424	125.22/cwt	122.00–127.50	1,783	201
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,010	92.84/cwt	87.00–99.00	938	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	73.32/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,079	92
Heifers	Choice	—	1,318	125.06/cwt	122.50–127.75	1,648	113

How this sale compares

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Apr 22, 2021

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-2.50 lower, Dairy steers 1.25 lower, slaughter cows 3.00-3.50 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,682	78.00–97.00	88.59
5	—	1,634	100.00–106.00	101.75
3	—	1,160	64.00–73.00	70.57
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,239	115.00–121.25	118.36
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,741	115.75–117.25	116.53
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,136	97.00–106.00	99.74
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	1,424	122.00–127.50	125.22
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,539	100.00–108.75	104.55
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,376	90.00–99.00	96.90
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	73.00	73.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	970	25.00–48.00	39.48
29	—	1,100	51.00–62.00	57.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,393	63.00–69.00	66.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,660	80.00–94.00	83.55
92	—	1,472	70.00–79.00	73.32
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,335	113.00–121.75	118.87
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,010	87.00–99.00	92.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,318	122.50–127.75	125.06

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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