Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 3.50-4.00 lower, Dairy steers .75 lower, slaughter cows Breaker and Boners 1.00-2.25 lower, Lean cows mostly steady. 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	—	High	1,586	111.68	1,771	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,439	93.53	1,346	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	81.84	1,071	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,180	69.17	816	57
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	136.38	1,984	42
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,391	123.59	1,719	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,277	149.81	1,913	146
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,237	145.95	1,805	77
Heifers	Select	Average	1,111	145.51	1,617	44
Steers	Choice	Average	1,400	149.86	2,098	117
Steers	Select	Average	1,191	146.13	1,740	30
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,322	145.14	1,919	52

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,391	123.59/cwt	115.00–129.00	1,719	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,455	136.38/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,984	42
Steers	Choice	—	1,400	149.86/cwt	148.00–154.75	2,098	117
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,191	146.13/cwt	133.00–160.00	1,740	30
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,322	145.14/cwt	140.00–147.50	1,919	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,237	145.95/cwt	140.00–147.75	1,805	77
Heifers	Choice	—	1,277	149.81/cwt	148.00–154.25	1,913	146
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,111	145.51/cwt	120.00–159.00	1,617	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	45.51/cwt	30.00–54.00	453	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	71.44/cwt	57.00–76.00	856	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	101.14/cwt	95.00–111.00	1,505	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	90.99/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,295	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	81.84/cwt	77.00–87.00	1,071	80
Bulls	—	—	1,508	123.05/cwt	114.00–134.00	1,856	14
Bulls	—	—	1,663	100.31/cwt	80.00–111.00	1,668	14

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 Aug 25, 2022

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,391	115.00–129.00	123.59
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,455	130.00–145.00	136.38
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,400	148.00–154.75	149.86
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,191	133.00–160.00	146.13
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,322	140.00–147.50	145.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,237	140.00–147.75	145.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	1,277	148.00–154.25	149.81
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,111	120.00–159.00	145.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	996	30.00–54.00	45.51
52	—	1,198	57.00–76.00	71.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,488	95.00–111.00	101.14
30	—	1,423	88.00–94.00	90.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,309	77.00–87.00	81.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,508	114.00–134.00	123.05
14	—	1,663	80.00–111.00	100.31

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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