Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-2.50 lower, Dairy steers steady, slaughter cows 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	—	High	1,794	120.91	2,169	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,551	110.27	1,711	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,411	94.83	1,339	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,211	81.60	988	101
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,594	161.52	2,575	22
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,454	155.38	2,259	28
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,370	129.16	1,769	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,352	181.21	2,450	180
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,232	172.23	2,122	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	181.47	2,673	266
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,365	174.45	2,381	48
Steers	Select	Average	1,130	152.00	1,718	2thin

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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,594	161.52/cwt	159.00–165.00	2,575	22
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,365	174.45/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,381	48
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,130	152.00/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,718	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,473	181.47/cwt	177.00–186.50	2,673	266
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,232	172.23/cwt	165.00–177.00	2,122	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,352	181.21/cwt	178.00–185.50	2,450	180
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	60.63/cwt	50.00–67.00	651	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,223	83.40/cwt	70.00–93.00	1,020	93
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,454	155.38/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,259	28
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,370	129.16/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,769	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	118.94/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,796	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	109.69/cwt	106.00–116.00	1,705	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	89.27/cwt	78.50–93.00	1,256	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	99.19/cwt	94.00–105.50	1,404	46
Bulls	—	—	1,958	131.65/cwt	127.00–140.00	2,578	8
Bulls	—	—	1,700	114.78/cwt	101.00–125.00	1,951	14

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 Nov 9, 2023

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

Receipts 941Last week 623Year ago 905

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-2.50 lower, Dairy steers steady, slaughter cows 2.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,594	159.00–165.00	161.52
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,454	150.00–158.00	155.38
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,370	125.00–133.00	129.16
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,365	170.00–176.00	174.45
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	145.00–160.00	152.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
266	—	1,473	177.00–186.50	181.47
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,232	165.00–177.00	172.23
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	1,352	178.00–185.50	181.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,074	50.00–67.00	60.63
93	—	1,223	70.00–93.00	83.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	118.00–120.00	118.94
30	—	1,554	106.00–116.00	109.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,407	78.50–93.00	89.27
46	—	1,415	94.00–105.50	99.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,958	127.00–140.00	131.65
14	—	1,700	101.00–125.00	114.78

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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