Sale reports / Iowa / Kalona Livestock Auction / 2021-07-29

Kalona Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Jul 29
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528
Receipts
536 head
345 vs last sale 881 131 vs year ago 667 · 19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-2.50 higher, Dairy steers .25 higher, slaughter cows .25-.75 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,71696.261,65219
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,69587.091,4765thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43379.211,13565
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24767.0583622
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27758.6274921
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,520110.961,68732
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30496.181,2544thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,39081.001,1261thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,250127.341,59270
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,155120.361,39020
HeifersSelectAverage1,047105.981,1106thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,369127.511,746160
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,237121.351,50129
SteersSelectAverage1,108113.721,2609thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,66092.99/cwt79.00–99.001,54413
CowsLean 85-90%1,27660.65/cwt51.00–64.0077418
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40676.70/cwt73.00–79.001,07835
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24767.05/cwt65.00–71.0083622
SteersChoice1,369127.51/cwt124.00–131.251,746160
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,30496.18/cwt85.00–101.001,2544
SteersSelect and Choice1,237121.35/cwt117.25–123.751,50129
CowsLean 85-90%1,28546.41/cwt45.00–49.005963
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46482.13/cwt80.00–85.001,20230
Bulls1,837103.36/cwt100.00–106.001,8996
HeifersSelect and Choice1,155120.36/cwt116.50–123.001,39020
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,69587.09/cwt86.00–88.001,4765
HeifersChoice1,250127.34/cwt124.25–129.501,59270
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,047105.98/cwt91.00–115.751,1106
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,108113.72/cwt101.00–123.251,2609
Dairy SteersSelect1,39081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1261
Dairy SteersChoice1,520110.96/cwt105.00–118.001,68732

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.