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Kalona Livestock Auction

Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-16

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Nov 16

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528

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Receipts

800 head

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.25 lower, Dairy steers 1.25 lower. Trade active. Demand moderate to 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	160.23	2,540	32
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,432	150.41	2,154	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,280	147.66	1,890	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,365	180.20	2,460	221
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,308	171.91	2,249	42
Heifers	Select	Average	1,069	156.33	1,671	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,479	180.15	2,664	289
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,306	171.76	2,244	28
Steers	Select	Average	1,154	157.11	1,813	12

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	1,154	157.11/cwt	140.00–173.00	1,813	12
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,239	172.72/cwt	169.00–175.00	2,140	11
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,350	171.14/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,310	17
Steers	—	Choice	1,479	180.15/cwt	175.00–185.75	2,664	289
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,069	156.33/cwt	130.00–170.00	1,671	11
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,308	171.91/cwt	168.00–174.50	2,249	42
Heifers	—	Choice	1,365	180.20/cwt	175.00–185.75	2,460	221
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,280	147.66/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,890	2
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,432	150.41/cwt	147.00–154.00	2,154	10
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,585	160.23/cwt	155.00–164.00	2,540	32

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 Nov 16, 2023

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

Receipts 800Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.25 lower, Dairy steers 1.25 lower. Trade active. Demand moderate to good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,432	147.00–154.00	150.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	145.00–151.00	147.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,585	155.00–164.00	160.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,239	169.00–175.00	172.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,154	140.00–173.00	157.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,350	167.00–174.00	171.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	1,479	175.00–185.75	180.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,069	130.00–170.00	156.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,308	168.00–174.50	171.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
221	—	1,365	175.00–185.75	180.20

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.