Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison no sale last week due to Thanksgiving Holiday. 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	1,589	219.57	3,489	8thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,418	200.24	2,839	4thin
Bulls	—	High	1,831	192.10	3,517	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,501	176.24	2,646	69
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	161.32	2,000	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,142	130.58	1,491	27
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,609	213.59	3,437	16
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,473	205.86	3,032	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,405	224.77	3,158	137
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,295	216.18	2,800	42
Heifers	Select	Average	1,085	211.75	2,297	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,557	224.21	3,490	236
Steers	Select	Average	1,143	218.52	2,498	4thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,349	216.87	2,926	52

Every lot, as filed

23 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%	—	1,355	135.51/cwt	122.50–142.50	1,836	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	152.89/cwt	146.00–161.00	2,036	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,639	181.13/cwt	174.00–193.00	2,969	27
Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	224.77/cwt	221.00–229.25	3,158	137
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,085	211.75/cwt	203.00–218.00	2,297	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	929	124.27/cwt	117.50–133.00	1,154	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	963	169.80/cwt	152.00–187.50	1,635	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	132.02/cwt	110.00–145.00	1,571	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,395	180.38/cwt	168.00–194.50	2,516	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,361	216.56/cwt	210.00–219.50	2,947	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,152	173.51/cwt	154.00–210.00	1,999	23
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,755	220.18/cwt	199.00–229.00	3,864	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,545	224.44/cwt	220.00–228.50	3,468	223
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,259	219.26/cwt	213.00–224.50	2,760	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,143	218.52/cwt	212.00–226.00	2,498	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,295	216.18/cwt	210.00–220.00	2,800	42
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,589	219.57/cwt	219.00–220.00	3,489	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,418	200.24/cwt	187.00–210.00	2,839	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,609	213.59/cwt	210.00–217.00	3,437	16
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,473	205.86/cwt	197.00–208.00	3,032	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	172.12/cwt	160.00–192.00	2,435	37
Bulls	—	—	1,853	215.87/cwt	210.00–221.00	4,000	5
Bulls	—	—	1,821	181.30/cwt	150.00–200.00	3,301	11

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 Dec 4, 2025

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

Receipts 753Last week 1,065Year ago 790

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,355	122.50–142.50	135.51
23	—	1,332	146.00–161.00	152.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,639	174.00–193.00	181.13
37	—	1,415	160.00–192.00	172.12
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	929	117.50–133.00	124.27
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	152.00–187.50	169.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,190	110.00–145.00	132.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,395	168.00–194.50	180.38
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,152	154.00–210.00	173.51
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	1,405	221.00–229.25	224.77
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,085	203.00–218.00	211.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,295	210.00–220.00	216.18
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,361	210.00–219.50	216.56
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,755	199.00–229.00	220.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
223	—	1,545	220.00–228.50	224.44
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,259	213.00–224.50	219.26
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,143	212.00–226.00	218.52
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,589	219.00–220.00	219.57
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,418	187.00–210.00	200.24
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,609	210.00–217.00	213.59
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,473	197.00–208.00	205.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,853	210.00–221.00	215.87
11	—	1,821	150.00–200.00	181.30

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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