Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 higher, Dairy steers.75 lower, slaughter cows Breakers steady, Boner and Lean were 1.75-2.50 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	1,659	91.61	1,520	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	86.22	1,327	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,348	69.55	938	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,097	53.42	586	63
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,592	136.47	2,173	32
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,547	122.49	1,895	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,250	91.83	1,148	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,346	159.91	2,152	234
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,266	147.96	1,873	36
Heifers	Select	Average	1,023	135.65	1,388	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,486	159.58	2,372	204
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,412	148.73	2,100	52
Steers	Select	Average	1,151	129.77	1,494	9thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	—	1,794	95.35/cwt	79.00–110.00	1,711	24
Bulls	—	—	1,325	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,749	1
Bulls	—	—	1,175	69.92/cwt	62.00–75.00	822	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	69.55/cwt	64.50–75.00	938	69
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	82.75/cwt	77.00–87.00	1,235	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,607	91.13/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,464	12
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,151	129.77/cwt	115.00–143.00	1,494	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,412	148.73/cwt	142.00–153.00	2,100	52
Steers	Choice	—	1,479	159.79/cwt	154.00–167.00	2,363	199
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,250	91.83/cwt	72.00–109.00	1,148	5
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,547	122.49/cwt	114.00–129.00	1,895	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,592	136.47/cwt	132.00–142.00	2,173	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	46.38/cwt	32.00–54.00	480	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	58.36/cwt	54.00–64.00	665	37
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,266	147.96/cwt	140.00–153.00	1,873	36
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,023	135.65/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,388	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,346	159.91/cwt	154.00–166.75	2,152	234
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,777	151.17/cwt	148.00–154.00	2,686	5

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Nov 10, 2022

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

Receipts 905Last week 761Year ago 846

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,794	79.00–110.00	95.35
1	—	1,325	132.00	132.00
6	—	1,175	62.00–75.00	69.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,348	64.50–75.00	69.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,492	77.00–87.00	82.75
12	—	1,607	88.00–95.00	91.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,035	32.00–54.00	46.38
37	—	1,140	54.00–64.00	58.36
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,151	115.00–143.00	129.77
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,412	142.00–153.00	148.73
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
199	—	1,479	154.00–167.00	159.79
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,777	148.00–154.00	151.17
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,250	72.00–109.00	91.83
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,547	114.00–129.00	122.49
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,592	132.00–142.00	136.47
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,266	140.00–153.00	147.96
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,023	135.00–136.00	135.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
234	—	1,346	154.00–166.75	159.91

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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