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Kalona Livestock Auction

Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-12

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Mar 12

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528

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Receipts

624 head

▲ 95 vs last sale 529▲ 624 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 5.00-6.00 lower, choice Holstein mostly steady, slaughter cows 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,626	81.74	1,329	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,439	64.75	932	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	55.54	727	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	45.00	520	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,497	91.71	1,373	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,444	85.22	1,231	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,285	76.00	977	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,306	111.48	1,456	123
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,217	107.29	1,306	55
Heifers	Select	Average	1,280	100.00	1,280	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	111.61	1,578	176
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,296	106.88	1,385	27

Every lot

13 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,296	106.88/cwt	103.50–108.50	1,385	27
Steers	—	Choice	1,414	111.61/cwt	109.00–114.10	1,578	176
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,217	107.29/cwt	103.00–108.75	1,306	55
Heifers	—	Select	1,280	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,280	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,306	111.48/cwt	109.00–114.35	1,456	123
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,626	81.74/cwt	73.00–92.00	1,329	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	45.00/cwt	40.00–49.00	520	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,309	55.54/cwt	50.00–59.00	727	40
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,429	64.36/cwt	60.00–69.00	920	58
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,625	72.28/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,175	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,285	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	977	1
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,444	85.22/cwt	84.00–86.50	1,231	4
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,497	91.71/cwt	88.50–94.50	1,373	11

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 12, 2020

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

Receipts 624Last week 529Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 5.00-6.00 lower, choice Holstein mostly steady, slaughter cows steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,497	88.50–94.50	91.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,444	84.00–86.50	85.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,296	103.50–108.50	106.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	1,414	109.00–114.10	111.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,217	103.00–108.75	107.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,306	109.00–114.35	111.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,155	40.00–49.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,429	60.00–69.00	64.36
3	—	1,625	70.00–75.00	72.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,309	50.00–59.00	55.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,626	73.00–92.00	81.74

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.