Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,587	77.27	1,226	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,539	73.30	1,128	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,348	62.67	845	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,189	45.20	537	70
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,581	114.55	1,811	15
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,398	104.29	1,458	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,330	85.00	1,131	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,325	134.65	1,784	218
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,232	127.48	1,571	50
Heifers	Select	Average	1,072	114.68	1,229	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	133.89	1,933	189
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,335	126.78	1,693	41
Steers	Select	Average	1,185	111.23	1,318	5thin

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	—	—	1,598	79.72/cwt	72.00–88.00	1,274	18
Bulls	—	—	1,400	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,624	1
Bulls	—	—	1,586	63.48/cwt	55.00–70.00	1,007	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	62.67/cwt	57.00–68.00	845	54
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	71.89/cwt	69.00–77.00	1,101	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	87.41/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,407	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,520	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,325	134.65/cwt	130.00–139.50	1,784	218
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,581	114.55/cwt	111.00–117.75	1,811	15
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,185	111.23/cwt	103.00–117.00	1,318	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,335	126.78/cwt	122.50–129.50	1,693	41
Steers	Choice	—	1,436	134.18/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,927	184
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,368	106.61/cwt	99.00–111.00	1,458	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,736	123.26/cwt	120.50–128.50	2,140	5
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,330	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,131	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,232	52.11/cwt	46.00–56.00	642	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	39.38/cwt	25.00–45.00	454	38
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,072	114.68/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,229	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,232	127.48/cwt	122.50–129.75	1,571	50

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 Nov 11, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 846Last week 919Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,598	72.00–88.00	79.72
1	—	1,400	116.00	116.00
6	—	1,586	55.00–70.00	63.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,348	57.00–68.00	62.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,532	69.00–77.00	71.89
2	—	1,610	85.00–89.00	87.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,232	46.00–56.00	52.11
38	—	1,153	25.00–45.00	39.38
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,581	111.00–117.75	114.55
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,368	99.00–111.00	106.61
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
218	—	1,325	130.00–139.50	134.65
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,072	110.00–119.00	114.68
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,232	122.50–129.75	127.48
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,185	103.00–117.00	111.23
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,335	122.50–129.50	126.78
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	1,436	130.00–138.00	134.18
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,736	120.50–128.50	123.26

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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