Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 1.25 higher, slaughter cows 3.00-3.25 higher. Trade active. Demand was 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	211.57	3,114	9thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,703	190.33	3,241	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,465	156.94	2,300	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	146.30	1,814	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,126	121.82	1,371	21
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,659	196.07	3,253	8thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,670	187.46	3,131	33
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,352	224.92	3,041	33
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,322	217.01	2,869	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,337	206.38	2,759	28
Heifers	Select	Average	1,029	182.71	1,880	6thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,512	226.41	3,424	103
Steers	Choice	Average	1,461	218.39	3,190	121
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,323	207.81	2,749	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,030	193.80	1,996	2thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	1,719	176.97/cwt	164.00–189.00	3,042	10
Bulls	—	—	1,806	197.03/cwt	190.00–209.00	3,558	8
Bulls	—Value Added	—	1,795	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	4,523	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,165	199.47/cwt	188.00–210.00	2,324	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,659	196.07/cwt	192.00–209.00	3,253	8
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,030	193.80/cwt	182.50–205.00	1,996	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	892	119.64/cwt	110.00–132.50	1,067	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	99.27/cwt	91.00–107.00	946	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	126.30/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,591	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	928	156.06/cwt	137.00–176.00	1,448	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,788	133.46/cwt	132.00–134.50	2,386	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,374	160.22/cwt	144.00–170.00	2,201	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,142	158.20/cwt	145.00–177.50	1,807	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	149.58/cwt	145.00–154.00	2,115	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,572	161.71/cwt	150.00–173.50	2,542	21
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,502	226.27/cwt	222.00–230.00	3,399	99
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,352	224.92/cwt	221.00–229.00	3,041	33
Steers	Choice	—	1,445	218.50/cwt	213.00–221.50	3,157	114
Heifers	Choice	—	1,322	217.01/cwt	212.00–220.00	2,869	43
Steers	Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight	—	1,764	229.88/cwt	228.00–231.00	4,055	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	139.64/cwt	131.00–145.50	1,838	33
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,029	182.71/cwt	175.00–204.00	1,880	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,472	211.57/cwt	202.00–214.00	3,114	9
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,670	187.46/cwt	181.00–191.00	3,131	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,337	206.38/cwt	201.00–210.00	2,759	28
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,323	207.81/cwt	200.00–210.00	2,749	16
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,714	216.52/cwt	215.75–221.00	3,711	7

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu May 1, 2025

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

Receipts 656Last week 734Year ago 779

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 1.25 higher, slaughter cows 3.00-3.25 higher. Trade active. Demand was good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,719	164.00–189.00	176.97
8	—	1,806	190.00–209.00	197.03
Bulls — Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	188.00–210.00	199.47
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,659	192.00–209.00	196.07
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,670	181.00–191.00	187.46
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	182.50–205.00	193.80
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,502	222.00–230.00	226.27
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,445	213.00–221.50	218.50
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,764	228.00–231.00	229.88
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,323	200.00–210.00	207.81
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,714	215.75–221.00	216.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	892	110.00–132.50	119.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	91.00–107.00	99.27
13	—	1,260	120.00–133.00	126.30
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	928	137.00–176.00	156.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,788	132.00–134.50	133.46
22	—	1,374	144.00–170.00	160.22
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,142	145.00–177.50	158.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,414	145.00–154.00	149.58
21	—	1,572	150.00–173.50	161.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,316	131.00–145.50	139.64
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,352	221.00–229.00	224.92
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,322	212.00–220.00	217.01
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,029	175.00–204.00	182.71
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,337	201.00–210.00	206.38
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,472	202.00–214.00	211.57

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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