Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week not reported. 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	1,679	140.40	2,358	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,442	116.78	1,684	85
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	107.31	1,368	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,002	73.04	732	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,593	163.02	2,597	21
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,539	151.83	2,337	15
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,185	126.27	1,496	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,405	189.47	2,662	128
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,238	177.84	2,202	30
Heifers	Select	Average	1,093	168.74	1,844	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,513	187.03	2,830	176
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,383	181.65	2,512	75
Steers	Select	Average	1,139	166.14	1,892	7thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Bulls	—	—	1,732	124.39/cwt	111.00–139.00	2,154	12
Bulls	—	—	1,700	151.05/cwt	140.00–166.00	2,568	18
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,178	140.56/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,656	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	107.31/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,368	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	114.51/cwt	111.00–118.50	1,637	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	121.67/cwt	119.00–128.00	1,786	27
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,756	181.08/cwt	163.00–186.00	3,180	21
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,139	166.14/cwt	141.00–178.00	1,892	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,383	181.65/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,512	75
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,185	126.27/cwt	125.00–127.50	1,496	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,539	151.83/cwt	140.00–158.00	2,337	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,593	163.02/cwt	159.00–175.00	2,597	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	82.32/cwt	72.00–91.00	864	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	59.11/cwt	50.00–69.00	550	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	189.47/cwt	185.00–192.25	2,662	128
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,093	168.74/cwt	127.50–180.50	1,844	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,238	177.84/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,202	30
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	187.84/cwt	185.00–191.50	2,780	155

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 748Last week 665Year ago 1,151

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,732	111.00–139.00	124.39
18	—	1,700	140.00–166.00	151.05
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	138.00–143.00	140.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,275	104.00–110.00	107.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,430	111.00–118.50	114.51
27	—	1,468	119.00–128.00	121.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,050	72.00–91.00	82.32
4	—	930	50.00–69.00	59.11
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,756	163.00–186.00	181.08
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,139	141.00–178.00	166.14
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,383	175.00–184.00	181.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	1,480	185.00–191.50	187.84
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	125.00–127.50	126.27
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,539	140.00–158.00	151.83
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,593	159.00–175.00	163.02
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,405	185.00–192.25	189.47
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,093	127.50–180.50	168.74
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,238	170.00–184.00	177.84

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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