Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were steady, slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. 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	1,816	193.53	3,514	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,444	179.49	2,592	66
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	165.61	2,012	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,159	135.39	1,569	21
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,763	211.04	3,721	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,615	180.00	2,907	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,361	232.18	3,160	83
Heifers	Select	Average	1,172	229.22	2,686	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,298	226.74	2,943	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	233.40	3,555	132
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,334	225.60	3,010	40
Steers	Select	Average	1,192	224.50	2,676	2thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,172	229.22/cwt	214.00–267.00	2,686	7
Bulls	—	—	1,770	189.83/cwt	160.00–209.00	3,360	11
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,185	177.66/cwt	165.00–189.00	2,105	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,763	211.04/cwt	210.00–212.00	3,721	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,192	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,676	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	170.73/cwt	164.00–179.00	2,527	21
Bulls	—	—	2,046	218.57/cwt	210.00–233.00	4,472	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	187.83/cwt	180.00–197.00	2,915	20
Bulls	—	—	1,895	142.10/cwt	137.50–147.50	2,693	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	147.64/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,961	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,334	225.60/cwt	220.00–228.50	3,010	40
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,615	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,907	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,298	226.74/cwt	221.00–230.00	2,943	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	948	161.32/cwt	150.00–172.00	1,529	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,132	178.29/cwt	152.00–227.50	2,018	17
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,703	235.00/cwt	234.00–237.00	4,002	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,361	232.18/cwt	230.00–235.00	3,160	83
Steers	Choice	—	1,519	233.36/cwt	230.00–235.25	3,545	129
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	158.33/cwt	150.00–167.00	2,044	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,327	180.18/cwt	163.00–201.00	2,391	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,224	135.27/cwt	122.50–147.50	1,656	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	950	135.76/cwt	125.00–142.50	1,290	5

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 Oct 2, 2025

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were steady, slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,172	214.00–267.00	229.22
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,298	221.00–230.00	226.74
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,361	230.00–235.00	232.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,770	160.00–209.00	189.83
7	—	2,046	210.00–233.00	218.57
2	—	1,895	137.50–147.50	142.10
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	165.00–189.00	177.66
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,763	210.00–212.00	211.04
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,192	224.50	224.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,334	220.00–228.50	225.60
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,703	234.00–237.00	235.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,519	230.00–235.25	233.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,480	164.00–179.00	170.73
20	—	1,552	180.00–197.00	187.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,328	146.00–149.00	147.64
21	—	1,291	150.00–167.00	158.33
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	150.00–172.00	161.32
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,132	152.00–227.50	178.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,327	163.00–201.00	180.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,224	122.50–147.50	135.27
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	950	125.00–142.50	135.76

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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