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Kalona Livestock Auction

Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-24

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Jul 24

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528

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Receipts

672 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 631▼ 211 vs year ago 883 · −23.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 6.00-8.00 lower, slaughter cows mostly 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,745	230.31	4,019	3thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,512	188.15	2,846	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,433	164.73	2,361	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	160.36	2,060	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,158	133.70	1,548	21
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,495	230.00	3,439	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	186.00	2,595	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,290	232.55	3,000	84
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,249	228.94	2,859	42
Heifers	Select	Average	1,185	212.16	2,514	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,479	233.14	3,448	180
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,344	228.75	3,074	85
Steers	Select	Average	1,158	219.19	2,538	16

Every lot

21 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	1,158	219.19/cwt	170.00–233.50	2,538	16
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,344	228.75/cwt	224.00–231.50	3,074	85
Steers	—	Choice	1,479	233.14/cwt	230.00–236.25	3,448	180
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,185	212.16/cwt	193.00–223.00	2,514	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,249	228.94/cwt	225.00–231.50	2,859	42
Heifers	—	Choice	1,290	232.55/cwt	230.00–234.00	3,000	84
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,240	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,406	1
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,265	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,188	1
Bulls	—	—	1,510	145.82/cwt	140.00–154.00	2,202	2
Bulls	—	—	1,519	190.82/cwt	176.50–201.00	2,899	8
Bulls	—	—	1,670	212.36/cwt	210.00–214.00	3,546	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	894	127.81/cwt	110.00–144.00	1,143	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	953	159.57/cwt	150.00–169.00	1,521	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,143	169.14/cwt	148.00–221.00	1,933	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,290	136.65/cwt	121.00–146.00	1,763	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,344	169.64/cwt	161.00–175.00	2,280	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,392	155.15/cwt	148.00–161.00	2,160	30
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,455	163.54/cwt	160.00–173.00	2,380	33
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,395	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,595	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,439	2
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,745	230.31/cwt	229.00–233.00	4,019	3

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 Jul 24, 2025

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

Receipts 672Last week 631Year ago 883

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 6.00-8.00 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,519	176.50–201.00	190.82
3	—	1,670	210.00–214.00	212.36
2	—	1,510	140.00–154.00	145.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,143	148.00–221.00	169.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,455	160.00–173.00	163.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	894	110.00–144.00	127.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,290	121.00–146.00	136.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,392	148.00–161.00	155.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,344	161.00–175.00	169.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	150.00–169.00	159.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,249	225.00–231.50	228.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,290	230.00–234.00	232.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,185	193.00–223.00	212.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	1,479	230.00–236.25	233.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,344	224.00–231.50	228.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,158	170.00–233.50	219.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,745	229.00–233.00	230.31

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.