Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers steady, choice heifers 1.00 lower, Dairy steers 2.00 higher, slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 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	1,681	97.36	1,637	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,514	90.07	1,364	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,292	77.49	1,001	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,160	61.11	709	65
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,543	135.43	2,090	23
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,561	127.96	1,997	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,395	90.00	1,256	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,324	150.62	1,994	151
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,232	143.30	1,765	34
Heifers	Select	Average	1,103	133.06	1,468	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	150.86	2,233	321
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	145.00	1,911	72
Steers	Select	Average	1,113	133.89	1,490	14

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	—	1,752	99.01/cwt	83.00–110.50	1,735	15
Bulls	—	—	1,775	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	2,121	1
Bulls	—	—	1,105	73.91/cwt	72.00–76.00	817	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	77.49/cwt	72.00–84.00	1,001	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	95.15/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,494	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	87.53/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,301	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	150.86/cwt	148.00–156.00	2,233	321
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,395	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,256	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,561	127.96/cwt	125.00–129.50	1,997	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,543	135.43/cwt	132.00–140.50	2,090	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	47.11/cwt	30.00–55.00	520	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	64.28/cwt	57.00–71.00	754	53
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,232	143.30/cwt	137.00–147.00	1,765	34
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,103	133.06/cwt	120.00–139.50	1,468	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,324	150.62/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,994	151
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,113	133.89/cwt	115.00–139.50	1,490	14
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,318	145.00/cwt	137.00–147.75	1,911	72

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Oct 6, 2022

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

Receipts 950Last week 699Year ago 588

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers steady, choice heifers 1.00 lower, Dairy steers 2.00 higher, slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,752	83.00–110.50	99.01
1	—	1,775	119.50	119.50
2	—	1,105	72.00–76.00	73.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,292	72.00–84.00	77.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,570	93.00–100.00	95.15
18	—	1,486	85.00–92.00	87.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,103	30.00–55.00	47.11
53	—	1,173	57.00–71.00	64.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
321	—	1,480	148.00–156.00	150.86
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,113	115.00–139.50	133.89
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,318	137.00–147.75	145.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,561	125.00–129.50	127.96
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,543	132.00–140.50	135.43
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,232	137.00–147.00	143.30
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,103	120.00–139.50	133.06
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,324	148.00–156.00	150.62

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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