Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 4.75-5.00 higher, Dairy steers 1.75 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	1,850	116.90	2,162	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,705	122.00	2,080	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,436	103.60	1,488	90
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,358	93.55	1,270	96
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	78.28	845	66
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,502	147.13	2,210	23
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,299	134.43	1,746	11
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,209	127.03	1,535	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,361	177.86	2,421	130
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,283	166.17	2,132	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,199	151.28	1,814	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	177.86	2,618	80
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,331	169.00	2,249	17

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
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,348	128.04/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,726	2
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	930	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,163	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,299	134.43/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,746	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,705	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	2,080	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	82.07/cwt	71.00–88.00	908	59
Bulls	—	—	1,872	110.31/cwt	96.00–117.00	2,065	13
Bulls	—	—	1,826	124.03/cwt	119.00–133.00	2,265	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	93.55/cwt	89.00–98.50	1,270	96
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	102.62/cwt	99.00–106.50	1,457	77
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,531	109.42/cwt	107.00–117.00	1,675	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	46.36/cwt	30.00–59.00	398	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,502	147.13/cwt	141.00–151.00	2,210	23
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,199	151.28/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,814	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,283	166.17/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,132	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,361	177.86/cwt	173.00–183.50	2,421	130
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,331	169.00/cwt	159.00–172.00	2,249	17
Steers	Choice	—	1,472	177.86/cwt	173.00–184.00	2,618	80

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Apr 6, 2023

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 4.75-5.00 higher, Dairy steers 1.75 higher, slaughter cows steady to .75 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	127.00–129.00	128.04
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,299	130.00–140.00	134.43
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,502	141.00–151.00	147.13
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	122.00	122.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,106	71.00–88.00	82.07
7	—	858	30.00–59.00	46.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,358	89.00–98.50	93.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,420	99.00–106.50	102.62
13	—	1,531	107.00–117.00	109.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,872	96.00–117.00	110.31
12	—	1,826	119.00–133.00	124.03
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,199	145.00–158.00	151.28
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,283	160.00–169.00	166.17
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,361	173.00–183.50	177.86
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,331	159.00–172.00	169.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,472	173.00–184.00	177.86

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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