Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 lower, Dairy steers .50 lower, slaughter cows .25-.50 higher. 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	1,742	149.54	2,605	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,462	129.89	1,899	79
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,224	122.68	1,502	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,051	108.11	1,136	25
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,585	166.70	2,642	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,520	157.46	2,393	13
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,363	121.48	1,656	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	185.58	2,524	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	179.50	2,299	48
Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	185.21	2,674	40
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,331	178.82	2,380	30
Steers	Select	Average	1,198	162.89	1,951	3thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	—	1,805	144.53/cwt	134.00–157.00	2,609	19
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,078	123.66/cwt	110.00–137.00	1,333	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,363	121.48/cwt	112.50–125.00	1,656	5
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,198	162.89/cwt	160.00–164.50	1,951	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,331	178.82/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,380	30
Steers	Choice	—	1,444	185.21/cwt	183.00–187.00	2,674	40
Bulls	—	—	1,756	164.22/cwt	160.00–171.00	2,884	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	130.83/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,696	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	112.10/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,449	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,273	91.67/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,167	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,541	121.92/cwt	120.00–124.50	1,879	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	185.58/cwt	183.50–189.00	2,524	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	119.03/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,565	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	130.29/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,922	60
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,253	137.81/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,727	8
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,520	157.46/cwt	145.00–162.00	2,393	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,281	179.50/cwt	174.00–182.50	2,299	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	106.80/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,219	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,585	166.70/cwt	163.00–171.00	2,642	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	873	108.06/cwt	105.00–111.00	943	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	994	113.88/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,132	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	965	120.99/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,168	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,127	128.01/cwt	124.00–136.00	1,443	19

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 Apr 25, 2024

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

Receipts 518Last week 796Year ago 816

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 lower, Dairy steers .50 lower, slaughter cows .25-.50 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,805	134.00–157.00	144.53
10	—	1,756	160.00–171.00	164.22
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	110.00–137.00	123.66
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,363	112.50–125.00	121.48
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,520	145.00–162.00	157.46
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,585	163.00–171.00	166.70
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,198	160.00–164.50	162.89
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,331	175.00–182.00	178.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,444	183.00–187.00	185.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,296	127.00–135.00	130.83
7	—	1,293	110.00–114.00	112.10
23	—	1,315	115.00–123.00	119.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	90.00–93.00	91.67
10	—	1,141	101.00–110.00	106.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,541	120.00–124.50	121.92
60	—	1,475	125.00–135.00	130.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,253	131.00–145.00	137.81
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	873	105.00–111.00	108.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	994	110.00–118.00	113.88
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	965	115.00–127.00	120.99
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,127	124.00–136.00	128.01
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,360	183.50–189.00	185.58
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,281	174.00–182.50	179.50

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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