Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,605	201.93	3,241	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,472	181.98	2,679	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	170.87	2,052	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,147	130.93	1,501	20
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,575	219.65	3,459	15
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,494	204.76	3,059	7thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,346	254.90	3,431	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,342	249.97	3,355	77
Heifers	Select	Average	1,012	246.65	2,496	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,206	242.38	2,924	17
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,559	253.40	3,951	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,484	249.45	3,702	243
Steers	Select	Average	1,135	249.45	2,831	6thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,316	244.05	3,212	37

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	—	—	1,672	196.53/cwt	175.00–215.00	3,286	17
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,130	170.23/cwt	155.00–208.00	1,924	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,575	219.65/cwt	214.50–229.00	3,459	15
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,135	249.45/cwt	241.00–253.00	2,831	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,012	246.65/cwt	187.50–261.00	2,496	15
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,348	243.92/cwt	235.00–245.00	3,288	29
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,174	242.46/cwt	236.00–245.00	2,846	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,484	249.45/cwt	245.50–252.50	3,702	243
Heifers	Choice	—	1,342	249.97/cwt	245.00–252.50	3,355	77
Bulls	—	—	1,718	224.67/cwt	217.00–249.00	3,860	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	191.15/cwt	180.00–201.00	2,921	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,880	135.23/cwt	130.00–141.00	2,542	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	816	204.59/cwt	162.50–245.00	1,669	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,116	186.39/cwt	164.00–243.00	2,080	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	176.24/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,587	20
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,494	204.76/cwt	200.00–209.00	3,059	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,224	242.33/cwt	239.00–244.75	2,966	11
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,200	244.51/cwt	243.50–247.50	2,934	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,303	183.71/cwt	175.00–194.50	2,394	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,234	130.92/cwt	110.00–147.50	1,616	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	943	130.96/cwt	122.50–137.50	1,235	6
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,346	254.90/cwt	254.00–255.50	3,431	29
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,559	253.40/cwt	253.00–255.00	3,951	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	156.23/cwt	144.00–169.00	2,056	23

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 Sep 4, 2025

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

Receipts 767Last week 737Year ago 674

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
17	—	1,672	175.00–215.00	196.53
11	—	1,718	217.00–249.00	224.67
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,130	155.00–208.00	170.23
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,575	214.50–229.00	219.65
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,494	200.00–209.00	204.76
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,135	241.00–253.00	249.45
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,348	235.00–245.00	243.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	1,484	245.50–252.50	249.45
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,200	243.50–247.50	244.51
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,559	253.00–255.00	253.40
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,012	187.50–261.00	246.65
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,174	236.00–245.00	242.46
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,342	245.00–252.50	249.97
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,224	239.00–244.75	242.33
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,346	254.00–255.50	254.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,528	180.00–201.00	191.15
3	—	1,880	130.00–141.00	135.23
20	—	1,468	170.00–183.00	176.24
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	816	162.50–245.00	204.59
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,116	164.00–243.00	186.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,303	175.00–194.50	183.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,234	110.00–147.50	130.92
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	943	122.50–137.50	130.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,316	144.00–169.00	156.23

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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