Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to sale not reported last week. 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	1,809	116.49	2,108	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,464	106.65	1,561	77
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	100.99	1,242	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	75.51	818	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,595	152.82	2,437	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,530	148.50	2,272	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,300	125.00	1,625	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,396	186.87	2,609	83
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,259	175.31	2,207	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,025	165.51	1,696	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,505	186.79	2,811	111
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,410	176.65	2,491	17

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
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,259	175.31/cwt	169.00–179.50	2,207	14
Bulls	—	—	1,648	106.68/cwt	101.00–116.00	1,758	5
Bulls	—	—	2,078	132.83/cwt	129.00–136.00	2,760	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	96.74/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,114	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	103.76/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,329	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	105.32/cwt	100.00–109.50	1,529	63
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	112.61/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,707	14
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,300	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,625	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,530	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	2,272	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,161	80.94/cwt	70.00–91.00	940	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	775	53.81/cwt	52.50–55.00	417	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,396	186.87/cwt	181.00–190.00	2,609	83
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,025	165.51/cwt	165.00–166.00	1,696	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,505	186.79/cwt	180.00–189.50	2,811	111
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,410	176.65/cwt	170.00–179.50	2,491	17
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,595	152.82/cwt	150.50–156.00	2,437	3

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 Jan 18, 2024

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

Receipts 421Last week 1,107Year ago 639

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to sale not reported last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,259	169.00–179.50	175.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,396	181.00–190.00	186.87
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	165.00–166.00	165.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,648	101.00–116.00	106.68
3	—	2,078	129.00–136.00	132.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,152	93.00–99.00	96.74
20	—	1,281	100.00–107.00	103.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,452	100.00–109.50	105.32
14	—	1,516	110.00–119.00	112.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,161	70.00–91.00	80.94
2	—	775	52.50–55.00	53.81
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	148.50	148.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,595	150.50–156.00	152.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,505	180.00–189.50	186.79
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,410	170.00–179.50	176.65

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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