Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today; Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were steady, slaughter cows no comparison. 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	1,499	185.67	2,783	4thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,713	157.85	2,704	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,403	135.88	1,907	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	122.69	1,545	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,114	104.76	1,167	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,569	174.35	2,736	12
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,426	162.66	2,320	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,356	192.25	2,607	113
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	187.33	2,295	51
Heifers	Select	Average	1,083	183.18	1,984	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	191.75	2,822	210
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,351	186.48	2,520	53
Steers	Select	Average	1,010	162.50	1,641	3thin

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	—	—	1,833	146.59/cwt	126.00–155.00	2,687	6
Bulls	—	—	1,690	173.75/cwt	166.00–181.00	2,936	6
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,135	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,476	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	120.59/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,579	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,422	107.33/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,526	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	925	114.27/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,057	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,184	185.75/cwt	183.00–187.00	2,199	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,733	192.74/cwt	189.00–193.50	3,340	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,464	191.72/cwt	190.00–196.00	2,807	204
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,426	162.66/cwt	162.00–164.00	2,320	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,569	174.35/cwt	168.50–178.00	2,736	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,499	185.67/cwt	184.00–188.00	2,783	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,501	138.70/cwt	134.00–152.00	2,082	18
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,225	187.33/cwt	180.00–189.75	2,295	51
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,083	183.18/cwt	181.00–185.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,356	192.25/cwt	190.00–195.50	2,607	113
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,365	186.54/cwt	180.00–189.75	2,546	49
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,010	162.50/cwt	150.00–190.00	1,641	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,067	136.41/cwt	125.00–150.00	1,455	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,292	136.50/cwt	129.00–145.00	1,764	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,196	113.09/cwt	107.50–117.00	1,353	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	87.40/cwt	67.50–97.50	973	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	845	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,120	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,327	130.26/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,729	10

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 Oct 10, 2024

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

Receipts 601Last week 633Year ago 762

Slaughter cattle sale today; Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were steady, slaughter cows no comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,833	126.00–155.00	146.59
6	—	1,690	166.00–181.00	173.75
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	130.00	130.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,309	117.00–124.00	120.59
3	—	1,422	107.00–108.00	107.33
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	925	113.00–116.00	114.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,501	134.00–152.00	138.70
10	—	1,327	127.00–133.00	130.26
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,067	125.00–150.00	136.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,292	129.00–145.00	136.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,196	107.50–117.00	113.09
5	—	1,113	67.50–97.50	87.40
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	132.50	132.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,184	183.00–187.00	185.75
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,733	189.00–193.50	192.74
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	1,464	190.00–196.00	191.72
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,365	180.00–189.75	186.54
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,010	150.00–190.00	162.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,426	162.00–164.00	162.66
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,569	168.50–178.00	174.35
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,499	184.00–188.00	185.67
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,225	180.00–189.75	187.33
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,083	181.00–185.00	183.18
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,356	190.00–195.50	192.25

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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