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Kalona Livestock Auction

Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Feb 27

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528

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Receipts

743 head

▲ 357 vs last sale 386▼ 5 vs year ago 748 · −0.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to sale not reported for two weeks. 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,449	202.92	2,940	4thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,257	195.63	2,459	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,577	181.53	2,863	24
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,449	170.20	2,466	13
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,341	151.10	2,027	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,389	211.51	2,938	101
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,347	204.11	2,749	114
Heifers	Select	Average	1,068	173.35	1,851	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,518	211.41	3,210	168
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,451	204.88	2,973	137
Steers	Select	Average	1,141	192.16	2,193	7thin

Every lot

13 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	1,141	192.16/cwt	180.00–201.00	2,193	7
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,451	204.88/cwt	195.00–208.50	2,973	137
Steers	—	Choice	1,507	211.55/cwt	209.00–216.50	3,188	156
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,666	209.57/cwt	203.00–213.75	3,491	12
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,068	173.35/cwt	155.00–196.00	1,851	6
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,347	204.11/cwt	191.00–208.00	2,749	114
Heifers	—	Choice	1,389	211.51/cwt	209.00–214.25	2,938	101
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,240	147.17/cwt	137.00–158.00	1,825	3
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,449	170.20/cwt	163.00–174.00	2,466	13
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,493	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,344	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,577	181.53/cwt	173.00–189.00	2,863	24
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,257	195.63/cwt	195.00–197.00	2,459	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,449	202.92/cwt	198.00–207.00	2,940	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Feb 27, 2025

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

Receipts 743Last week 386Year ago 748

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to sale not reported for two weeks. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,507	209.00–216.50	211.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	1,451	195.00–208.50	204.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,141	180.00–201.00	192.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,666	203.00–213.75	209.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,240	137.00–158.00	147.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,577	173.00–189.00	181.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,449	163.00–174.00	170.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,257	195.00–197.00	195.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,449	198.00–207.00	202.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,068	155.00–196.00	173.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,347	191.00–208.00	204.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,389	209.00–214.25	211.51

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.