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Kalona Livestock Auction

Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-01

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Feb 1

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528

← Jan 25Feb 1Feb 15 →

Receipts

792 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 776▼ 105 vs year ago 897 · −11.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-3.00 lower, 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	1,494	153.63	2,295	17
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,549	147.22	2,280	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,175	120.00	1,410	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,381	177.50	2,451	227
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,299	171.45	2,227	71
Heifers	Select	Average	1,115	149.88	1,671	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,505	177.64	2,673	272
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	171.16	2,388	47
Steers	Select	Average	1,168	158.88	1,856	4thin

Every lot

11 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,168	158.88/cwt	146.00–174.00	1,856	4
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,292	175.63/cwt	174.00–176.50	2,269	11
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,427	169.79/cwt	160.00–173.75	2,423	36
Steers	—	Choice	1,491	177.95/cwt	174.00–181.50	2,653	256
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,721	172.73/cwt	161.00–181.00	2,973	16
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,115	149.88/cwt	135.00–159.00	1,671	6
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,299	171.45/cwt	160.00–174.75	2,227	71
Heifers	—	Choice	1,381	177.50/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,451	227
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,175	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,410	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,494	153.63/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,295	17
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,549	147.22/cwt	145.00–149.00	2,280	4

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 Feb 1, 2024

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

Receipts 792Last week 776Year ago 897

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-3.00 lower, Dairy steers 1.50 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	1,381	175.00–181.00	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,299	160.00–174.75	171.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,115	135.00–159.00	149.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
256	—	1,491	174.00–181.50	177.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,427	160.00–173.75	169.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,721	161.00–181.00	172.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,168	146.00–174.00	158.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,292	174.00–176.50	175.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,494	150.00–158.00	153.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,549	145.00–149.00	147.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	120.00	120.00

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.