Sale reports / Iowa / Kalona Livestock Auction / 2021-08-26

Kalona Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Aug 26
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528
Receipts
759 head
324 vs last sale 1,083 94 vs year ago 665 · +14.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week not reported. 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
BullsLow1,75080.951,41627
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46276.791,12358
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34767.4890925
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15153.0461117
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,509115.981,75025
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,407111.661,5717thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,405105.001,4751thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,277133.151,700134
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,188126.421,50242
HeifersSelectAverage1,088118.971,29420
SteersChoiceAverage1,395132.671,851241
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,314127.381,67451
SteersSelectAverage1,100122.991,35312

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,37363.42/cwt56.00–71.008714
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34767.48/cwt62.00–71.0090925
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44175.96/cwt72.00–79.001,09548
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56480.78/cwt80.00–82.001,26310
Bulls1,81584.00/cwt75.00–94.001,52523
CowsLean 85-90%1,20856.58/cwt50.00–61.0068312
Dairy SteersSelect1,405105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4751
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,407111.66/cwt111.00–112.001,5717
CowsLean 85-90%1,01544.55/cwt39.00–47.004525
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,088118.97/cwt105.00–124.501,29420
HeifersSelect and Choice1,188126.42/cwt121.50–129.501,50242
HeifersChoice1,277133.15/cwt130.00–136.251,700134
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,100122.99/cwt113.00–127.501,35312
SteersSelect and Choice1,314127.38/cwt120.00–129.501,67451
SteersChoice1,395132.67/cwt130.00–136.251,851241
Dairy SteersChoice1,509115.98/cwt113.50–118.501,75025

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.