Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week.. Choice steers and heifers .25-.50 higher, Dairy steers 1.25 higher, slaughter cows steady to .75 lower. 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	1,507	107.28	1,616	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,465	93.50	1,370	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	80.35	1,005	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,151	64.94	748	44
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	136.00	1,928	19
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,420	125.67	1,785	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,308	149.10	1,950	182
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,242	143.95	1,788	60
Heifers	Select	Average	1,101	133.11	1,466	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	149.80	2,180	238
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,314	144.06	1,893	50
Steers	Select	Average	1,137	132.47	1,506	17

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	—	—	1,535	104.18/cwt	88.00–111.50	1,599	22
Bulls	—	—	1,495	117.22/cwt	112.50–130.00	1,752	10
Bulls	—	—	1,000	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	760	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	80.35/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,005	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	90.80/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,256	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	97.22/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,534	16
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,420	125.67/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,785	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,418	136.00/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,928	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	51.14/cwt	42.00–57.00	556	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	69.00/cwt	63.00–74.00	807	34
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,101	133.11/cwt	115.00–145.00	1,466	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,242	143.95/cwt	139.00–146.50	1,788	60
Heifers	Choice	—	1,308	149.10/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,950	182
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,137	132.47/cwt	114.00–145.00	1,506	17
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,314	144.06/cwt	139.00–146.75	1,893	50
Steers	Choice	—	1,455	149.80/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,180	238

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 Sep 22, 2022

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

Receipts 918Last week 1,053Year ago 798

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week.. Choice steers and heifers .25-.50 higher, Dairy steers 1.25 higher, slaughter cows steady to .75 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,535	88.00–111.50	104.18
10	—	1,495	112.50–130.00	117.22
1	—	1,000	76.00	76.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,251	75.00–86.00	80.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,383	87.00–94.00	90.80
16	—	1,578	95.00–102.00	97.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,087	42.00–57.00	51.14
34	—	1,170	63.00–74.00	69.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,420	122.00–129.00	125.67
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,418	130.00–141.00	136.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,101	115.00–145.00	133.11
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,242	139.00–146.50	143.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	1,308	147.00–154.00	149.10
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,137	114.00–145.00	132.47
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,314	139.00–146.75	144.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
238	—	1,455	147.00–155.00	149.80

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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