Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.50-3.00 higher, Dairy Steers .50 higher, Slaughter cows .75-1.25 higher. 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	1,646	154.76	2,548	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,468	133.24	1,956	93
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	129.70	1,531	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	92.16	1,019	47
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,574	169.70	2,671	15
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,447	159.29	2,305	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,370	189.13	2,591	224
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	181.08	2,264	33
Heifers	Select	Average	1,085	168.29	1,826	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,505	189.03	2,845	261
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,396	181.81	2,537	49
Steers	Select	Average	1,215	174.77	2,123	16

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	—	—	1,654	149.96/cwt	125.50–164.00	2,480	25
Bulls	—	—	1,812	168.48/cwt	165.00–171.00	3,053	12
Bulls	—	—	1,160	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	998	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,224	160.75/cwt	159.00–163.00	1,968	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	115.09/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,482	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,472	103.38/cwt	90.00–112.00	1,522	10
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,421	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,558	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,394	181.93/cwt	177.00–184.00	2,536	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	136.49/cwt	130.00–148.00	2,161	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	103.05/cwt	95.00–109.00	1,231	21
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,574	169.70/cwt	165.00–176.00	2,671	15
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,447	159.29/cwt	151.00–164.50	2,305	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,370	189.13/cwt	185.00–193.50	2,591	224
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,215	174.77/cwt	164.00–184.00	2,123	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	912	101.41/cwt	100.00–104.00	925	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	908	157.60/cwt	120.00–177.50	1,431	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,497	189.22/cwt	185.00–193.00	2,833	254
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,804	181.97/cwt	174.00–186.50	3,283	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	111.34/cwt	104.00–116.00	1,759	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	124.68/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,825	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	982	106.37/cwt	94.00–117.00	1,045	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	77.21/cwt	56.00–92.00	818	20
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,250	181.08/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,264	33
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,085	168.29/cwt	100.00–179.00	1,826	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,089	143.97/cwt	113.00–180.50	1,568	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,193	145.87/cwt	120.00–180.00	1,740	21

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 Nov 21, 2024

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

Receipts 973Last week 1,050Year ago 800

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.50-3.00 higher, Dairy Steers .50 higher, Slaughter cows .75-1.25 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,654	125.50–164.00	149.96
12	—	1,812	165.00–171.00	168.48
1	—	1,160	86.00	86.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,224	159.00–163.00	160.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,288	111.00–119.00	115.09
10	—	1,472	90.00–112.00	103.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,583	130.00–148.00	136.49
10	—	1,580	104.00–116.00	111.34
21	—	1,464	120.00–129.00	124.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,195	95.00–109.00	103.05
20	—	1,059	56.00–92.00	77.21
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	912	100.00–104.00	101.41
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	908	120.00–177.50	157.60
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	982	94.00–117.00	106.37
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,089	113.00–180.50	143.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,193	120.00–180.00	145.87
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,421	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,394	177.00–184.00	181.93
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,215	164.00–184.00	174.77
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
254	—	1,497	185.00–193.00	189.22
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,804	174.00–186.50	181.97
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,574	165.00–176.00	169.70
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,447	151.00–164.50	159.29
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	1,370	185.00–193.50	189.13
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,250	170.00–184.00	181.08
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,085	100.00–179.00	168.29

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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