Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,446	188.17	2,721	12
Bulls	—	Average	1,609	157.27	2,530	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,474	141.17	2,080	80
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,236	126.64	1,566	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	991	109.82	1,089	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,579	173.36	2,737	20
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,456	159.95	2,329	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,370	132.81	1,819	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,344	194.33	2,612	67
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,219	183.36	2,235	41
Heifers	Select	Average	1,117	156.41	1,747	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	193.81	2,878	88
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,303	187.78	2,447	31
Steers	Select	Average	1,129	163.45	1,845	4thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	—	1,882	145.08/cwt	130.00–152.00	2,730	5
Bulls	—	—	1,654	165.13/cwt	159.00–175.00	2,731	11
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,236	152.16/cwt	129.00–170.00	1,881	5
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,456	159.95/cwt	157.00–162.00	2,329	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,219	183.36/cwt	177.00–189.00	2,235	41
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,117	156.41/cwt	140.00–173.00	1,747	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,129	163.45/cwt	156.00–171.00	1,845	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,370	132.81/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,819	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	114.95/cwt	103.00–124.00	1,515	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	109.60/cwt	105.00–118.00	1,329	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,446	188.17/cwt	185.00–189.75	2,721	12
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,930	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,532	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,303	187.78/cwt	183.00–189.00	2,447	31
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,579	173.36/cwt	165.00–186.50	2,737	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,266	148.23/cwt	140.00–159.00	1,877	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	134.07/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,961	28
Steers	Choice	—	1,469	194.19/cwt	190.00–197.00	2,853	85
Heifers	Choice	—	1,344	194.33/cwt	190.00–198.00	2,612	67
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	124.60/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,662	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	147.26/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,744	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,136	130.58/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,483	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	955	131.42/cwt	122.00–140.00	1,255	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	96.51/cwt	95.00–98.00	946	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	911	113.23/cwt	102.50–122.00	1,032	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	145.26/cwt	139.00–151.00	2,273	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	125.65/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,982	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 May 23, 2024

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

Receipts 531Last week 836Year ago 433

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,882	130.00–152.00	145.08
11	—	1,654	159.00–175.00	165.13
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,236	129.00–170.00	152.16
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,456	157.00–162.00	159.95
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,370	130.00–140.00	132.81
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,579	165.00–186.50	173.36
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,219	177.00–189.00	183.36
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,117	140.00–173.00	156.41
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,344	190.00–198.00	194.33
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,129	156.00–171.00	163.45
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,930	183.00	183.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,303	183.00–189.00	187.78
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,469	190.00–197.00	194.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,318	103.00–124.00	114.95
21	—	1,334	119.00–130.00	124.60
4	—	1,184	140.00–152.00	147.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,213	105.00–118.00	109.60
2	—	980	95.00–98.00	96.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,266	140.00–159.00	148.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,463	130.00–137.00	134.07
34	—	1,565	139.00–151.00	145.26
3	—	1,577	120.00–130.00	125.65
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,136	125.00–136.00	130.58
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	955	122.00–140.00	131.42
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	911	102.50–122.00	113.23
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,446	185.00–189.75	188.17

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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