Sale reports / Iowa / Kalona Livestock Auction / 2025-09-11

Kalona Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Kalona, Iowa · Thu, Sep 11
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2528
Receipts
614 head
▼ 153 vs last sale 767▲ 614 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 4.50-5.00 lower, Dairy steers 2.25 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,555217.233,37835
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,536202.643,1138thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,375177.572,4422thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,335244.963,270125
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,261237.322,99341
HeifersSelectAverage1,016235.992,3986thin
SteersSelectAverage1,060248.532,63416
SteersChoiceAverage1,477244.823,617211
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,316238.883,14382

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,060248.53/cwt237.50–272.502,63416
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,216241.40/cwt230.00–243.002,93518
Steers—Select and Choice1,344238.17/cwt230.00–240.503,20164
Steers—Choice1,469244.87/cwt241.00–250.003,597205
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,764242.98/cwt235.00–248.004,2866
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,016235.99/cwt225.00–244.002,3986
Heifers—Select and Choice1,261237.32/cwt230.00–242.002,99341
Heifers—Choice1,335244.96/cwt241.00–248.503,270125
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,375177.57/cwt175.00–180.002,4422
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,536202.64/cwt190.00–209.003,1138
Dairy Steers—Choice1,555217.23/cwt210.00–222.003,37835

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.