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Kalona Livestock Auction

Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-20

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Jan 20

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528

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Receipts

656 head

▼ 601 vs last sale 1,257▼ 416 vs year ago 1,072 · −38.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher, Dairy steers 1.50 higher, 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	—	Low	1,853	74.74	1,385	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,470	93.62	1,376	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,473	71.20	1,049	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,357	62.94	854	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,155	44.94	519	28
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,447	115.64	1,673	15
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,183	110.93	1,312	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,422	108.59	1,544	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,376	141.40	1,946	127
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,356	131.21	1,779	40
Steers	Choice	Average	1,482	141.05	2,090	145
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,426	131.98	1,882	44
Steers	Select	Average	1,053	110.76	1,166	8thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,053	110.76/cwt	100.00–117.00	1,166	8
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,426	131.98/cwt	124.00–135.50	1,882	44
Steers	—	Choice	1,482	141.05/cwt	136.75–145.25	2,090	145
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,356	131.21/cwt	124.00–134.25	1,779	40
Heifers	—	Choice	1,376	141.40/cwt	135.00–146.50	1,946	127
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,723	64.19/cwt	59.00–67.00	1,106	6
Bulls	—	—	1,924	80.50/cwt	69.00–89.00	1,549	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,004	36.39/cwt	20.00–46.00	365	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,268	51.36/cwt	47.00–55.00	651	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,357	62.94/cwt	56.00–67.00	854	51
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,470	93.62/cwt	89.00–98.00	1,376	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,471	70.69/cwt	68.00–75.00	1,040	58
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,512	81.05/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,225	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,183	110.93/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,312	2
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,422	108.59/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,544	5
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,447	115.64/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,673	15

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 Jan 20, 2022

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

Receipts 656Last week 1,257Year ago 1,072

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher, Dairy steers 1.50 higher, slaughter cows steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,422	107.00–110.00	108.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,447	112.00–120.00	115.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	110.00–112.00	110.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	1,482	136.75–145.25	141.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,426	124.00–135.50	131.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,053	100.00–117.00	110.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,356	124.00–134.25	131.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,376	135.00–146.50	141.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,004	20.00–46.00	36.39
16	—	1,268	47.00–55.00	51.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	89.00–98.00	93.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,512	77.00–84.00	81.05
58	—	1,471	68.00–75.00	70.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,357	56.00–67.00	62.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,723	59.00–67.00	64.19
11	—	1,924	69.00–89.00	80.50

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.