Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50 higher, Dairy Steers steady, slaughter cows Breakers steady, Boner and Lean were 2.00 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,413	186.02	2,628	2thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,683	187.69	3,159	18
Bulls	—	Average	1,657	153.62	2,546	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,534	134.47	2,063	96
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,272	123.90	1,576	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	107.91	1,149	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,479	168.99	2,499	26
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,239	156.53	1,939	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,362	190.01	2,588	165
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,267	181.12	2,295	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,073	174.21	1,869	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,442	188.54	2,719	223
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,283	181.68	2,331	25
Steers	Select	Average	1,122	162.65	1,825	3thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	1,676	147.63/cwt	132.00–159.50	2,474	22
Bulls	—	—	1,822	166.37/cwt	160.00–176.50	3,031	12
Bulls	—	—	970	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,116	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,233	157.96/cwt	153.00–162.00	1,948	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,239	156.53/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,939	16
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,283	181.68/cwt	175.50–184.00	2,331	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,340	140.91/cwt	132.00–149.00	1,888	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	130.94/cwt	126.00–135.50	1,992	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,594	140.45/cwt	136.00–147.00	2,239	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	896	104.62/cwt	100.00–110.00	937	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	108.77/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,255	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	120.52/cwt	111.00–125.00	1,899	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,188	127.98/cwt	119.00–137.50	1,520	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	890	128.83/cwt	127.50–130.00	1,147	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	109.62/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,486	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,362	190.01/cwt	185.00–195.00	2,588	165
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,781	181.21/cwt	165.00–189.00	3,227	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,436	188.67/cwt	185.00–194.00	2,709	219
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	121.34/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,660	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	130.25/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,775	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,080	113.01/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,221	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,267	181.12/cwt	174.00–184.00	2,295	17
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,073	174.21/cwt	168.00–179.00	1,869	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,122	162.65/cwt	154.00–167.00	1,825	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,683	187.69/cwt	185.50–189.00	3,159	18
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,413	186.02/cwt	185.00–187.00	2,628	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,479	168.99/cwt	165.00–177.00	2,499	26

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 May 9, 2024

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,676	132.00–159.50	147.63
12	—	1,822	160.00–176.50	166.37
1	—	970	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	153.00–162.00	157.96
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,239	150.00–164.00	156.53
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,479	165.00–177.00	168.99
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,283	175.50–184.00	181.68
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,781	165.00–189.00	181.21
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
219	—	1,436	185.00–194.00	188.67
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,122	154.00–167.00	162.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,340	132.00–149.00	140.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,521	126.00–135.50	130.94
35	—	1,594	136.00–147.00	140.45
9	—	1,576	111.00–125.00	120.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	896	100.00–110.00	104.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,154	105.00–113.00	108.77
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,188	119.00–137.50	127.98
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	890	127.50–130.00	128.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,356	100.00–116.00	109.62
11	—	1,368	115.00–125.00	121.34
8	—	1,363	127.00–137.00	130.25
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	111.00–115.00	113.01
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	1,362	185.00–195.00	190.01
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,267	174.00–184.00	181.12
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,073	168.00–179.00	174.21
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,683	185.50–189.00	187.69
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	185.00–187.00	186.02

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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