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Kalona Livestock Auction

Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-25

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, May 25

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528

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Receipts

433 head

▼ 537 vs last sale 970▼ 346 vs year ago 779 · −44.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale not reported. 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	1,585	160.81	2,549	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,370	149.50	2,048	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,272	188.05	2,392	134
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,165	176.15	2,052	15
Heifers	Select	Average	958	149.91	1,436	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,388	187.62	2,604	196
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,276	178.11	2,273	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,179	156.44	1,844	7thin

Every lot

8 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	1,179	156.44/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,844	7
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,276	178.11/cwt	169.00–181.75	2,273	17
Steers	—	Choice	1,388	187.62/cwt	182.00–192.00	2,604	196
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	958	149.91/cwt	136.00–165.00	1,436	5
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,165	176.15/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,052	15
Heifers	—	Choice	1,272	188.05/cwt	182.50–192.25	2,392	134
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,370	149.50/cwt	146.00–152.00	2,048	3
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,585	160.81/cwt	155.00–167.00	2,549	5

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 May 25, 2023

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

Receipts 433Last week 970Year ago 779

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	1,272	182.50–192.25	188.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,165	170.00–181.00	176.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	958	136.00–165.00	149.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	1,388	182.00–192.00	187.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,276	169.00–181.75	178.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,179	150.00–163.00	156.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,585	155.00–167.00	160.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,370	146.00–152.00	149.50

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.