Sale reports / Iowa / Kalona Livestock Auction / 2025-02-27

Kalona Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Feb 27
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528
Receipts
743 head
357 vs last sale 386 5 vs year ago 748 · 0.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to sale not reported for two weeks. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,449202.922,9404thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,257195.632,4593thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,577181.532,86324
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,449170.202,46613
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,341151.102,0275thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,389211.512,938101
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,347204.112,749114
HeifersSelectAverage1,068173.351,8516thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,518211.413,210168
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,451204.882,973137
SteersSelectAverage1,141192.162,1937thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersChoice1,507211.55/cwt209.00–216.503,188156
SteersSelect and Choice1,451204.88/cwt195.00–208.502,973137
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,240147.17/cwt137.00–158.001,8253
Dairy SteersSelect1,493157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,3442
Dairy SteersChoice1,577181.53/cwt173.00–189.002,86324
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,141192.16/cwt180.00–201.002,1937
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,257195.63/cwt195.00–197.002,4593
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,449202.92/cwt198.00–207.002,9404
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,449170.20/cwt163.00–174.002,46613
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,666209.57/cwt203.00–213.753,49112
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,068173.35/cwt155.00–196.001,8516
HeifersSelect and Choice1,347204.11/cwt191.00–208.002,749114
HeifersChoice1,389211.51/cwt209.00–214.252,938101

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.