Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to no sale held last week. 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,525	233.27	3,557	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,547	220.56	3,412	3thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,720	204.18	3,511	51
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,553	207.19	3,218	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,461	172.28	2,517	108
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	163.37	1,934	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	135.22	1,462	45
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,597	218.25	3,485	39
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,582	194.73	3,081	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,286	236.74	3,044	65
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,263	229.26	2,896	63
Heifers	Select	Average	1,001	208.88	2,091	7thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,567	246.89	3,869	50
Steers	Choice	Average	1,459	237.57	3,466	119
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,376	231.41	3,184	127
Steers	Select	Average	1,194	231.05	2,759	15

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	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,134	172.56/cwt	148.00–225.00	1,957	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	166.41/cwt	160.00–172.50	2,426	40
Bulls	—	—	1,666	198.16/cwt	179.00–209.00	3,301	30
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,060	196.39/cwt	187.00–208.00	2,082	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,597	218.25/cwt	212.00–226.50	3,485	39
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,525	233.27/cwt	229.75–235.25	3,557	11
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,001	208.88/cwt	165.00–225.00	2,091	7
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,194	231.05/cwt	217.00–238.50	2,759	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,263	229.26/cwt	220.00–234.00	2,896	63
Steers	Choice	—	1,459	237.57/cwt	234.00–243.00	3,466	119
Heifers	Choice	—	1,286	236.74/cwt	233.00–240.75	3,044	65
Bulls	—	—	1,970	216.63/cwt	210.00–222.00	4,268	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	172.57/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,373	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	177.81/cwt	172.00–192.00	2,756	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,302	171.92/cwt	160.00–185.00	2,238	24
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,376	231.41/cwt	224.50–233.75	3,184	127
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,582	194.73/cwt	171.00–210.50	3,081	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,547	220.56/cwt	215.00–224.00	3,412	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	137.29/cwt	120.00–149.00	1,557	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	895	127.97/cwt	117.00–147.00	1,145	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,553	207.19/cwt	198.50–217.00	3,218	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,567	246.89/cwt	245.00–248.00	3,869	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	154.45/cwt	148.00–163.00	1,960	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	898	157.58/cwt	150.00–177.50	1,415	6

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 Jul 10, 2025

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

Receipts 985Last week 533Year ago 1,393

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to no sale held last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,134	148.00–225.00	172.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,458	160.00–172.50	166.41
44	—	1,550	172.00–192.00	177.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,375	170.00–176.00	172.57
26	—	1,269	148.00–163.00	154.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,302	160.00–185.00	171.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,134	120.00–149.00	137.29
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	895	117.00–147.00	127.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,553	198.50–217.00	207.19
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	898	150.00–177.50	157.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,666	179.00–209.00	198.16
17	—	1,970	210.00–222.00	216.63
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,060	187.00–208.00	196.39
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,597	212.00–226.50	218.25
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,582	171.00–210.50	194.73
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,525	229.75–235.25	233.27
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	215.00–224.00	220.56
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,001	165.00–225.00	208.88
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,263	220.00–234.00	229.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,286	233.00–240.75	236.74
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,194	217.00–238.50	231.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,459	234.00–243.00	237.57
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,376	224.50–233.75	231.41
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,567	245.00–248.00	246.89

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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