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Kalona Livestock Auction

Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Dec 17

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528

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Receipts

899 head

▼ 294 vs last sale 1,193▲ 899 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 .25-.50 higher, Dairy steers 1.50 lower. 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,513	92.94	1,406	27
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,412	87.21	1,231	26
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,340	70.44	944	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,329	105.25	1,399	272
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,231	98.10	1,208	19
Heifers	Select	Average	1,096	90.06	987	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,442	104.34	1,504	284
Steers	Select	Average	1,220	99.77	1,217	80
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,288	97.98	1,262	26

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,220	99.77/cwt	87.00–103.50	1,217	80
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,288	97.98/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,262	26
Steers	—	Choice	1,426	105.02/cwt	102.00–107.25	1,498	266
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,675	94.22/cwt	77.00–101.00	1,578	18
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,096	90.06/cwt	80.00–101.00	987	7
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,231	98.10/cwt	91.00–101.50	1,208	19
Heifers	—	Choice	1,329	105.25/cwt	102.00–107.85	1,399	272
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,340	70.44/cwt	65.00–79.00	944	3
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,412	87.21/cwt	80.00–89.50	1,231	26
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,513	92.94/cwt	90.00–95.25	1,406	27

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 Dec 17, 2020

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

Receipts 899Last week 1,193Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-.50 higher, Dairy steers 1.50 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,675	77.00–101.00	94.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
266	—	1,426	102.00–107.25	105.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,288	91.00–101.00	97.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,220	87.00–103.50	99.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
272	—	1,329	102.00–107.85	105.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,231	91.00–101.50	98.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,096	80.00–101.00	90.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,412	80.00–89.50	87.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,340	65.00–79.00	70.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,513	90.00–95.25	92.94

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.