Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 8.25-8.75 higher, Dairy steers 5.00 higher, slaughter cows 9.00-9.50 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	1,835	165.74	3,041	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,192	143.45	1,709	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,493	142.48	2,127	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,144	105.30	1,205	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,688	183.82	3,103	10
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,507	170.27	2,566	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,462	222.34	3,251	84
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,394	211.86	2,953	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,194	203.12	2,425	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,557	221.01	3,441	138
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,389	212.23	2,948	53
Steers	Select	Average	1,243	203.67	2,532	6thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	—	1,825	160.69/cwt	147.00–167.00	2,933	16
Bulls	—	—	1,983	181.05/cwt	171.00–192.00	3,590	5
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,250	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,125	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	139.28/cwt	132.00–144.00	1,891	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	107.92/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,182	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	886	190.45/cwt	140.00–215.00	1,687	5
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,507	170.27/cwt	166.00–174.00	2,566	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,688	183.82/cwt	178.00–199.00	3,103	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	134.72/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,922	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	148.11/cwt	140.00–166.00	2,337	38
Heifers	Select	—	1,194	203.12/cwt	195.00–205.00	2,425	10
Steers	Select	—	1,243	203.67/cwt	199.00–208.00	2,532	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,173	151.12/cwt	130.00–197.50	1,773	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,307	150.12/cwt	133.00–165.00	1,962	13
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,389	212.23/cwt	200.00–215.00	2,948	53
Steers	Choice	—	1,557	221.01/cwt	216.00–230.00	3,441	138
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	117.08/cwt	113.00–118.50	1,391	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	87.64/cwt	65.00–103.00	946	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	123.61/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,465	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	119.95/cwt	111.00–127.00	1,935	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,394	211.86/cwt	205.00–215.00	2,953	25
Heifers	Choice	—	1,462	222.34/cwt	217.00–226.00	3,251	84

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 Jan 23, 2025

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 8.25-8.75 higher, Dairy steers 5.00 higher, slaughter cows 9.00-9.50 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,825	147.00–167.00	160.69
5	—	1,983	171.00–192.00	181.05
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	170.00	170.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,358	132.00–144.00	139.28
2	—	1,095	107.00–109.00	107.92
10	—	1,185	120.00–127.00	123.61
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	886	140.00–215.00	190.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,427	130.00–139.00	134.72
38	—	1,578	140.00–166.00	148.11
6	—	1,613	111.00–127.00	119.95
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,173	130.00–197.50	151.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,307	133.00–165.00	150.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	113.00–118.50	117.08
4	—	1,079	65.00–103.00	87.64
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,507	166.00–174.00	170.27
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,688	178.00–199.00	183.82
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,194	195.00–205.00	203.12
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,394	205.00–215.00	211.86
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,462	217.00–226.00	222.34
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,243	199.00–208.00	203.67
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,389	200.00–215.00	212.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,557	216.00–230.00	221.01

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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