Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,775	155.08	2,752	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,380	136.71	1,887	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	123.21	1,491	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	111.89	1,153	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,335	188.09	2,511	247
Heifers	Select	Average	1,102	184.13	2,029	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	183.32	2,196	45
Steers	Choice	Average	1,457	187.89	2,738	301
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,306	183.84	2,401	53
Steers	Select	Average	1,153	180.01	2,076	8thin

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
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,198	183.32/cwt	177.00–187.50	2,196	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	961	126.66/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,217	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	112.50/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,278	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	138.16/cwt	134.00–142.50	2,101	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,396	128.49/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,794	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,039	155.19/cwt	138.00–165.00	1,612	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,457	187.89/cwt	185.00–192.75	2,738	301
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,248	186.61/cwt	184.50–189.00	2,329	7
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,153	180.01/cwt	171.00–191.00	2,076	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,315	183.42/cwt	179.00–184.50	2,412	46
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	188.09/cwt	185.00–191.50	2,511	247
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,102	184.13/cwt	184.00–184.50	2,029	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,073	126.21/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,354	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	904	111.15/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,005	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	121.18/cwt	116.00–124.50	1,596	26
Bulls	—	—	1,328	123.73/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,643	2
Bulls	—	—	1,860	167.04/cwt	165.00–170.00	3,107	9
Bulls	—	—	1,781	152.72/cwt	135.00–163.00	2,720	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 Sep 19, 2024

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

Receipts 985Last week 674Year ago 626

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
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,198	177.00–187.50	183.32
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
247	—	1,335	185.00–191.50	188.09
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,102	184.00–184.50	184.13
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	961	124.00–133.00	126.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,136	110.00–114.00	112.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,521	134.00–142.50	138.16
21	—	1,396	125.00–133.00	128.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,039	138.00–165.00	155.19
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,073	120.00–135.00	126.21
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	904	107.00–114.00	111.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,317	116.00–124.50	121.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
301	—	1,457	185.00–192.75	187.89
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,248	184.50–189.00	186.61
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,153	171.00–191.00	180.01
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,315	179.00–184.50	183.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,328	121.00–126.00	123.73
9	—	1,860	165.00–170.00	167.04
19	—	1,781	135.00–163.00	152.72

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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