Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 6.50 lower, Dairy steers .50 lower, slaughter cows Breakers steady, Boner and lean cows 1.00-2.00 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,590	183.47	2,917	6thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,627	167.96	2,733	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,463	143.09	2,093	161
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	131.43	1,599	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	114.67	1,207	21
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,564	173.32	2,711	44
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,486	160.53	2,385	14
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,180	130.00	1,534	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,326	188.71	2,502	153
Heifers	Select	Average	1,040	188.52	1,961	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,259	182.59	2,299	27
Steers	Choice	Average	1,415	188.79	2,671	195
Steers	Select	Average	1,146	187.19	2,145	16
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,377	184.46	2,540	73

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	—	1,493	146.00/cwt	120.00–163.00	2,180	7
Bulls	—	—	1,859	179.10/cwt	169.00–191.50	3,329	17
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,126	162.02/cwt	145.00–191.00	1,824	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,040	188.52/cwt	179.00–199.00	1,961	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,146	187.19/cwt	179.00–199.00	2,145	16
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,180	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,534	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,377	184.46/cwt	180.00–185.50	2,540	73
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,486	160.53/cwt	150.00–167.00	2,385	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,259	182.59/cwt	175.00–185.50	2,299	27
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,564	173.32/cwt	168.00–178.00	2,711	44
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,590	183.47/cwt	178.00–187.00	2,917	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,326	188.71/cwt	186.00–191.00	2,502	153
Steers	Choice	—	1,415	188.79/cwt	186.00–192.00	2,671	195
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	128.68/cwt	125.00–132.50	1,731	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	139.93/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,760	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,725	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	879	114.93/cwt	109.00–120.00	1,010	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	114.54/cwt	101.00–123.00	1,306	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	968	131.98/cwt	121.00–147.50	1,278	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,068	134.98/cwt	127.00–141.00	1,442	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,244	146.52/cwt	140.00–161.00	1,823	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	125.36/cwt	120.00–130.50	1,875	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	137.39/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,988	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	148.59/cwt	142.00–160.50	2,247	82

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 Jun 6, 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
7	—	1,493	120.00–163.00	146.00
17	—	1,859	169.00–191.50	179.10
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,126	145.00–191.00	162.02
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,040	179.00–199.00	188.52
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,259	175.00–185.50	182.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	1,326	186.00–191.00	188.71
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,146	179.00–199.00	187.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,377	180.00–185.50	184.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	1,415	186.00–192.00	188.79
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,486	150.00–167.00	160.53
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,564	168.00–178.00	173.32
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,590	178.00–187.00	183.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,345	125.00–132.50	128.68
6	—	1,258	138.00–143.00	139.93
1	—	1,500	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	879	109.00–120.00	114.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,140	101.00–123.00	114.54
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	968	121.00–147.50	131.98
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,068	127.00–141.00	134.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,244	140.00–161.00	146.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,496	120.00–130.50	125.36
49	—	1,447	133.00–141.00	137.39
82	—	1,512	142.00–160.50	148.59

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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