Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: no comparison due to last week not reported. 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	1,561	239.13	3,733	4thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,590	207.00	3,290	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,415	178.43	2,524	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,115	172.57	1,925	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,093	129.06	1,410	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,573	217.41	3,420	20
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,600	197.53	3,160	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,344	242.86	3,264	83
Heifers	Select	Average	1,054	236.29	2,490	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,251	236.29	2,956	50
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,563	249.49	3,900	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,471	243.26	3,579	160
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	236.83	3,122	71
Steers	Select	Average	1,160	231.88	2,690	10

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
Bulls	—	—	1,647	202.61/cwt	180.00–215.00	3,337	13
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,029	191.98/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,975	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,573	217.41/cwt	212.00–222.00	3,420	20
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,561	239.13/cwt	239.00–239.50	3,733	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,054	236.29/cwt	234.00–247.00	2,490	8
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,160	231.88/cwt	220.00–239.50	2,690	10
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,249	237.82/cwt	237.00–239.00	2,970	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,468	243.23/cwt	240.00–247.50	3,571	158
Heifers	Choice	—	1,344	242.86/cwt	240.00–245.75	3,264	83
Bulls	—	—	1,809	230.12/cwt	222.50–245.00	4,163	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	183.98/cwt	177.50–200.00	2,725	13
Bulls	—	—	1,240	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,860	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	894	217.73/cwt	200.00–241.00	1,947	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,093	176.48/cwt	158.00–219.00	1,929	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	169.72/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,419	8
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,600	197.53/cwt	180.00–208.50	3,160	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,251	236.29/cwt	230.00–239.75	2,956	50
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,326	236.72/cwt	230.00–240.00	3,139	64
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,310	178.15/cwt	166.00–193.00	2,334	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	132.72/cwt	120.00–144.00	1,565	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	748	114.41/cwt	114.00–115.00	856	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,713	245.99/cwt	243.00–249.00	4,214	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,563	249.49/cwt	248.00–250.00	3,900	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	153.35/cwt	144.00–160.00	1,860	15

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 Aug 7, 2025

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

Receipts 662Last week 672Year ago 847

Slaughter cattle sale today: no comparison due to last week not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,647	180.00–215.00	202.61
10	—	1,809	222.50–245.00	230.12
2	—	1,240	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,029	185.00–200.00	191.98
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,573	212.00–222.00	217.41
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,600	180.00–208.50	197.53
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,561	239.00–239.50	239.13
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,054	234.00–247.00	236.29
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,344	240.00–245.75	242.86
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,251	230.00–239.75	236.29
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,160	220.00–239.50	231.88
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,249	237.00–239.00	237.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	1,468	240.00–247.50	243.23
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,326	230.00–240.00	236.72
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	243.00–249.00	245.99
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,563	248.00–250.00	249.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,481	177.50–200.00	183.98
8	—	1,425	165.00–174.00	169.72
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	894	200.00–241.00	217.73
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,093	158.00–219.00	176.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,310	166.00–193.00	178.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,179	120.00–144.00	132.72
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	748	114.00–115.00	114.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,213	144.00–160.00	153.35

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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