Sale reports / Iowa / Kalona Livestock Auction / 2025-07-24

Kalona Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Jul 24
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528
Receipts
672 head
41 vs last sale 631 211 vs year ago 883 · 23.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 6.00-8.00 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,745230.314,0193thin
BullsAverage1,512188.152,84615
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,433164.732,36141
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,285160.362,06050
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,158133.701,54821
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,495230.003,4392thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,395186.002,5951thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,290232.553,00084
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,249228.942,85942
HeifersSelectAverage1,185212.162,5143thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,479233.143,448180
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,344228.753,07485
SteersSelectAverage1,158219.192,53816

Every lot, as filed

21 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
Bulls1,519190.82/cwt176.50–201.002,8998
BullsLight Weight1,240194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,4061
BullsReturn to Feed1,265173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,1881
Dairy SteersChoice1,495230.00/cwt230.00–230.003,4392
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,143169.14/cwt148.00–221.001,93318
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,455163.54/cwt160.00–173.002,38033
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight894127.81/cwt110.00–144.001,1437
Bulls1,670212.36/cwt210.00–214.003,5463
Bulls1,510145.82/cwt140.00–154.002,2022
HeifersSelect and Choice1,249228.94/cwt225.00–231.502,85942
CowsLean 85-90%1,290136.65/cwt121.00–146.001,76314
HeifersChoice1,290232.55/cwt230.00–234.003,00084
SteersChoice1,479233.14/cwt230.00–236.253,448180
CowsBoner 80-85%1,392155.15/cwt148.00–161.002,16030
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,344169.64/cwt161.00–175.002,2808
SteersSelect and Choice1,344228.75/cwt224.00–231.503,07485
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight953159.57/cwt150.00–169.001,5212
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,745230.31/cwt229.00–233.004,0193
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,185212.16/cwt193.00–223.002,5143
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,158219.19/cwt170.00–233.502,53816
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,395186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,5951

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.