Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2019-08-13

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Tue, Aug 13
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,445 head
▲ 482 vs last sale 963▲ 1,445 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.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.58/cwt on 795 head.
Average price
$139.58
795 head · 785 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,096
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.79
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1794140.291,114714
Medium and Large 1-2709133.3294581
One grade step is worth $6.97/cwt here — about $168 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 sale795 hd
139.58
—
IA average3 barns · 935 hd
134.79
+4.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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 1427191.00/cwt191.00–191.0081610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2499133.00/cwt133.00–133.006646
Steers—Medium and Large 1538161.04/cwt158.50–168.0086615
Steers—Medium and Large 1561163.62/cwt157.00–170.5091812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571150.00/cwt150.00–150.008577
Steers—Medium and Large 1631153.96/cwt151.00–154.7597136
Steers—Medium and Large 1665143.29/cwt140.00–146.0095332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689135.38/cwt134.75–136.0093326
Steers—Medium and Large 1713146.72/cwt143.50–148.251,04698
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2742133.93/cwt132.50–135.0099414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2781127.43/cwt119.00–135.0099525
Steers—Medium and Large 1821136.92/cwt134.75–138.851,124266
Steers—Medium and Large 1864137.38/cwt129.75–140.001,187184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2870123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0743
Steers—Medium and Large 1910127.85/cwt127.85–127.851,16355
Steers—Medium and Large 11,068107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,1436
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411150.00/cwt150.00–150.006174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468155.00/cwt155.00–155.0072513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536141.44/cwt134.00–143.0075839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587141.09/cwt135.00–145.7582894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628136.85/cwt134.00–139.5085989
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671131.27/cwt126.00–135.0088125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718129.86/cwt127.50–133.5093223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779127.18/cwt119.75–132.0099113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1855121.09/cwt119.50–123.251,03559
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,09299.00/cwt99.00–99.001,0813

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.