Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison last week no sale held due to Thanksgiving holiday.

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	1,799	70.06	1,260	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,541	70.98	1,094	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,352	60.49	818	155
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,145	41.77	478	81
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	114.52	1,744	18
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,321	104.69	1,383	11
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,228	81.46	1,000	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,345	143.68	1,932	187
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,277	132.68	1,694	80
Heifers	Select	Average	1,126	115.50	1,301	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	143.09	2,106	314
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,329	133.46	1,774	116
Steers	Select	Average	1,182	123.61	1,461	12

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
Bulls	—	—	1,864	77.16/cwt	69.00–85.00	1,438	28
Bulls	—	—	1,691	58.37/cwt	40.00–68.00	987	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	60.49/cwt	54.00–66.00	818	155
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	70.66/cwt	67.00–75.00	1,088	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	76.35/cwt	76.00–77.00	1,191	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	48.63/cwt	42.00–53.00	573	44
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,228	81.46/cwt	75.00–88.00	1,000	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,321	104.69/cwt	100.00–108.50	1,383	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	33.61/cwt	20.00–42.00	372	37
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,126	115.50/cwt	110.50–121.00	1,301	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,277	132.68/cwt	124.50–138.00	1,694	80
Heifers	Choice	—	1,345	143.68/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,932	187
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,182	123.61/cwt	115.00–133.00	1,461	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,329	133.46/cwt	125.00–138.75	1,774	116
Steers	Choice	—	1,472	143.09/cwt	139.00–150.00	2,106	314
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,523	114.52/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,744	18

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 Dec 2, 2021

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

Receipts 1,374Last week 1,357Year ago 1,464

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison last week no sale held due to Thanksgiving holiday.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,864	69.00–85.00	77.16
17	—	1,691	40.00–68.00	58.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	1,352	54.00–66.00	60.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,540	67.00–75.00	70.66
3	—	1,560	76.00–77.00	76.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,178	42.00–53.00	48.63
37	—	1,106	20.00–42.00	33.61
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,228	75.00–88.00	81.46
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,321	100.00–108.50	104.69
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,523	110.00–117.00	114.52
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,126	110.50–121.00	115.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,277	124.50–138.00	132.68
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	1,345	139.00–149.00	143.68
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,182	115.00–133.00	123.61
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,329	125.00–138.75	133.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
314	—	1,472	139.00–150.00	143.09

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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