Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2019-07-16

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Tue, Jul 16
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,341 head
▲ 1,341 vs last sale 0▲ 1,341 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trades were active today. There is no comparison, as there wasn't a sale last week. Good showing of quality cattle today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.20/cwt on 855 head.
Average price
$149.20
855 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,077
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$363
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.75
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2453160.1672631
Medium and Large 1732148.781,089824
One grade step is worth $11.38/cwt here — about −$363 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale855 hd
149.20
—
IA average5 barns · 2,826 hd
141.45
+7.75
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 lots · USDA AMS · Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2392166.26/cwt166.00–167.0065215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2416165.00/cwt165.00–165.006864
Steers—Medium and Large 1422182.79/cwt178.00–185.0077115
Steers—Medium and Large 1463181.88/cwt170.00–185.5084231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480153.85/cwt150.00–158.007386
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518157.00/cwt157.00–157.008133
Steers—Medium and Large 1523169.55/cwt164.00–176.5088787
Steers—Medium and Large 1571159.37/cwt155.00–164.0091049
Steers—Medium and Large 1627156.21/cwt150.00–160.7597990
Steers—Medium and Large 1660152.92/cwt145.00–155.501,00923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693139.00/cwt139.00–139.009633
Steers—Medium and Large 1728148.63/cwt141.00–150.751,08252
Steers—Medium and Large 1793140.78/cwt137.50–141.251,11680
Steers—Medium and Large 1833139.44/cwt135.50–143.751,162261
Steers—Medium and Large 1868138.34/cwt134.00–141.351,201129
Steers—Medium and Large 1983121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,1947
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325126.00/cwt126.00–126.004103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380142.74/cwt133.00–145.0054215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426155.50/cwt155.50–155.506624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480158.00/cwt158.00–158.0075814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516153.57/cwt146.00–159.0079274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519128.13/cwt127.00–130.006658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571146.05/cwt141.00–152.0083446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615135.89/cwt135.50–136.0083614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622146.17/cwt138.00–149.0090954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674135.27/cwt133.00–137.009129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708136.91/cwt134.50–139.0096919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783131.57/cwt128.50–134.001,03029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1887117.17/cwt114.50–118.501,03912

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.