Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week 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	—	Average	1,684	154.17	2,596	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	134.76	1,967	86
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	121.60	1,483	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,202	110.84	1,332	32
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,618	175.15	2,834	21
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,486	164.90	2,450	8thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,175	149.55	1,757	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,088	193.12	2,101	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,369	191.54	2,622	171
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,300	186.81	2,429	110
Steers	Choice	Average	1,487	191.06	2,841	130
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,378	186.66	2,572	55
Steers	Select	Average	1,197	183.78	2,200	13

Every lot, as filed

21 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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,088	193.12/cwt	180.00–196.00	2,101	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,369	191.54/cwt	189.50–196.00	2,622	171
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,286	137.76/cwt	127.00–159.00	1,772	21
Bulls	—	—	1,803	150.33/cwt	133.00–165.00	2,710	16
Bulls	—	—	1,743	171.74/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,993	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,008	162.96/cwt	144.00–178.00	1,643	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	118.98/cwt	115.00–124.50	1,532	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	109.88/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,593	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,136	126.56/cwt	117.00–136.00	1,438	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,300	186.81/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,429	110
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	878	132.05/cwt	120.00–143.00	1,159	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	955	107.33/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,025	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,486	164.90/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,450	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,618	175.15/cwt	170.00–185.50	2,834	21
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,175	149.55/cwt	130.00–159.00	1,757	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,227	111.20/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,364	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	129.46/cwt	125.00–134.50	1,866	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,604	138.84/cwt	135.00–148.50	2,227	30
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,197	183.78/cwt	170.00–189.50	2,200	13
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,378	186.66/cwt	182.00–188.50	2,572	55
Steers	Choice	—	1,487	191.06/cwt	189.00–196.00	2,841	130

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 825Last week 601Year ago 823

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,088	180.00–196.00	193.12
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	1,369	189.50–196.00	191.54
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,300	180.00–189.00	186.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,286	127.00–159.00	137.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,288	115.00–124.50	118.98
3	—	1,450	106.00–112.00	109.88
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,136	117.00–136.00	126.56
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	878	120.00–143.00	132.05
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	955	103.00–111.00	107.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,227	100.00–115.00	111.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,441	125.00–134.50	129.46
30	—	1,604	135.00–148.50	138.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,803	133.00–165.00	150.33
2	—	1,743	170.00–174.00	171.74
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,008	144.00–178.00	162.96
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,486	159.00–168.00	164.90
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,618	170.00–185.50	175.15
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,175	130.00–159.00	149.55
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,197	170.00–189.50	183.78
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,378	182.00–188.50	186.66
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,487	189.00–196.00	191.06

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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