Sale reports / Iowa / Kalona Livestock Auction / 2020-10-22

Kalona Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Oct 22
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528
Receipts
898 head
▲ 273 vs last sale 625▲ 898 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 3.25-3.75 lower, Dairy steers 1.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,47995.401,41125
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,28285.811,1009thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,18276.439033thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,312104.411,370233
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,24598.461,22634
HeifersSelectAverage1,13992.431,05317
SteersChoiceAverage1,462104.141,523401
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,275100.301,27936
SteersSelectAverage1,12897.901,10432

Every lot

10 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,12897.90/cwt91.00–102.001,10432
Steers—Select and Choice1,275100.30/cwt95.50–102.001,27936
Steers—Choice1,460104.18/cwt102.25–106.001,521398
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,76798.34/cwt98.00–99.001,7383
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,13992.43/cwt85.00–97.501,05317
Heifers—Select and Choice1,24598.46/cwt95.50–102.001,22634
Heifers—Choice1,312104.41/cwt102.50–106.101,370233
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,18276.43/cwt74.00–79.009033
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,28285.81/cwt82.00–89.001,1009
Dairy Steers—Choice1,47995.40/cwt90.50–98.501,41125

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.