Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 4.00-4.75 higher, Dairy steers .25 higher, slaughter cows were steady - 1.25 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,753	143.36	2,513	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,528	124.34	1,900	89
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,377	119.10	1,640	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,208	91.61	1,107	60
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,592	171.17	2,725	28
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,463	159.14	2,328	12
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,343	144.39	1,939	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,396	197.59	2,758	205
Heifers	Select	Average	1,066	192.32	2,050	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,263	188.00	2,374	34
Steers	Choice	Average	1,558	198.73	3,096	320
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,372	188.47	2,586	41
Steers	Select	Average	1,186	181.33	2,151	20

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	123.05/cwt	119.00–129.50	1,870	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	81.27/cwt	51.00–93.00	925	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,274	101.29/cwt	94.00–107.00	1,290	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,324	136.58/cwt	122.00–192.00	1,808	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,130	139.32/cwt	120.00–192.00	1,574	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	953	136.30/cwt	130.00–142.50	1,299	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,186	181.33/cwt	162.00–199.00	2,151	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,396	197.59/cwt	193.00–202.00	2,758	205
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,066	192.32/cwt	164.00–196.00	2,050	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,263	188.00/cwt	180.00–192.00	2,374	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,744	110.29/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,923	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,612	133.87/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,158	7
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,463	159.14/cwt	154.00–164.00	2,328	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,592	171.17/cwt	165.00–175.75	2,725	28
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,343	144.39/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,939	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,372	188.47/cwt	180.00–192.00	2,586	41
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,743	199.21/cwt	185.00–203.00	3,472	31
Steers	Choice	—	1,538	198.68/cwt	193.00–204.00	3,056	289
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,479	107.19/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,585	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,479	112.80/cwt	109.00–117.50	1,668	36
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,243	152.47/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,895	2
Bulls	—	—	1,725	106.58/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,839	3
Bulls	—	—	1,875	165.08/cwt	161.00–169.00	3,095	4
Bulls	—	—	1,778	143.57/cwt	124.00–159.50	2,553	25

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 Dec 19, 2024

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

Receipts 1,029Last week 985Year ago 733

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 4.00-4.75 higher, Dairy steers .25 higher, slaughter cows were steady - 1.25 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,520	119.00–129.50	123.05
16	—	1,744	104.00–115.00	110.29
7	—	1,612	130.00–140.00	133.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,138	51.00–93.00	81.27
31	—	1,274	94.00–107.00	101.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,324	122.00–192.00	136.58
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,130	120.00–192.00	139.32
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	130.00–142.50	136.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,479	103.00–111.00	107.19
36	—	1,479	109.00–117.50	112.80
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,186	162.00–199.00	181.33
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,372	180.00–192.00	188.47
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,743	185.00–203.00	199.21
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	1,538	193.00–204.00	198.68
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	1,396	193.00–202.00	197.59
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,066	164.00–196.00	192.32
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,263	180.00–192.00	188.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,463	154.00–164.00	159.14
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,592	165.00–175.75	171.17
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,343	139.00–149.00	144.39
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	150.00–155.00	152.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,725	105.00–110.00	106.58
4	—	1,875	161.00–169.00	165.08
25	—	1,778	124.00–159.50	143.57

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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