Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to .50 lower, Dairy steers 1.00 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,569	137.88	2,163	33
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,376	126.36	1,739	30
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,233	114.74	1,415	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,376	154.73	2,129	161
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,242	147.00	1,826	38
Heifers	Select	Average	1,112	133.77	1,488	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	153.59	2,339	270
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,371	148.07	2,030	35
Steers	Select	Average	1,130	135.31	1,529	2thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,233	114.74/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,415	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,376	126.36/cwt	120.00–130.50	1,739	30
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,569	137.88/cwt	131.50–146.00	2,163	33
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,130	135.31/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,529	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,760	148.46/cwt	131.00–152.00	2,613	15
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,371	148.07/cwt	143.00–149.75	2,030	35
Steers	Choice	—	1,509	153.89/cwt	150.00–161.50	2,322	255
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,112	133.77/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,488	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,242	147.00/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,826	38
Heifers	Choice	—	1,376	154.73/cwt	150.00–162.00	2,129	161

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 15, 2022

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

Receipts 621Last week 1,164Year ago 904

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to .50 lower, Dairy steers 1.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	113.00–117.00	114.74
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,376	120.00–130.50	126.36
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,569	131.50–146.00	137.88
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	133.00–138.00	135.31
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,760	131.00–152.00	148.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,371	143.00–149.75	148.07
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
255	—	1,509	150.00–161.50	153.89
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,112	130.00–138.00	133.77
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,242	143.00–149.00	147.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	1,376	150.00–162.00	154.73

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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