Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-3.00 lower, Dairy steers 1.50 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,494	153.63	2,295	17
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,549	147.22	2,280	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,175	120.00	1,410	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,381	177.50	2,451	227
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,299	171.45	2,227	71
Heifers	Select	Average	1,115	149.88	1,671	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,505	177.64	2,673	272
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	171.16	2,388	47
Steers	Select	Average	1,168	158.88	1,856	4thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	Choice	—	1,381	177.50/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,451	227
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,299	171.45/cwt	160.00–174.75	2,227	71
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,115	149.88/cwt	135.00–159.00	1,671	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,491	177.95/cwt	174.00–181.50	2,653	256
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,427	169.79/cwt	160.00–173.75	2,423	36
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,721	172.73/cwt	161.00–181.00	2,973	16
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,168	158.88/cwt	146.00–174.00	1,856	4
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,292	175.63/cwt	174.00–176.50	2,269	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,494	153.63/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,295	17
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,549	147.22/cwt	145.00–149.00	2,280	4
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,175	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,410	1

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 Feb 1, 2024

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

Receipts 792Last week 776Year ago 897

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-3.00 lower, Dairy steers 1.50 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	1,381	175.00–181.00	177.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,299	160.00–174.75	171.45
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,115	135.00–159.00	149.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
256	—	1,491	174.00–181.50	177.95
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,427	160.00–173.75	169.79
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,721	161.00–181.00	172.73
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,168	146.00–174.00	158.88
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,292	174.00–176.50	175.63
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,494	150.00–158.00	153.63
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,549	145.00–149.00	147.22
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	120.00	120.00

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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