Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2019-09-24

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Tue, Sep 24
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,340 head
▼ 1,689 vs last sale 3,029▲ 1,340 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale 700-800 pound steers were steady to 9.00 higher. Heifer calves 700 pounds were 4.00-8.00 higher, 800 pound heifers were steady to 6.00 higher. Moderate offering of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.43/cwt on 732 head.
Average price
$143.43
732 head · 817 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.42
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1822143.691,181693
Medium and Large 1-2736138.811,02239
One grade step is worth $4.89/cwt here — about $158 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 sale732 hd
143.43
—
IA average8 barns · 4,042 hd
143.86
−0.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 1426185.00/cwt185.00–185.007888
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535149.00/cwt149.00–149.007973
Steers—Medium and Large 1568159.08/cwt155.00–161.5090411
Steers—Medium and Large 1619148.84/cwt147.00–150.0092113
Steers—Medium and Large 1689152.38/cwt146.00–155.751,05045
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2699142.50/cwt142.50–142.5099615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713139.00/cwt139.00–139.009917
Steers—Medium and Large 1718150.19/cwt149.50–152.501,07820
Steers—Medium and Large 1787150.60/cwt150.60–150.601,18560
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,07910
Steers—Medium and Large 1833141.77/cwt137.50–148.751,181264
Steers—Medium and Large 1865142.19/cwt140.00–147.101,230237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2898129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1584
Steers—Medium and Large 1920126.57/cwt121.50–130.501,1649
Steers—Medium and Large 1987126.21/cwt126.00–126.251,24622
Steers—Medium and Large 11,043119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2414
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369142.50/cwt142.50–142.505266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479141.06/cwt136.00–144.0067611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516132.32/cwt129.00–140.5068311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620139.58/cwt135.00–141.5086554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2648132.00/cwt132.00–132.008558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676137.89/cwt134.50–140.2593270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722141.40/cwt137.25–142.351,021109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2747133.50/cwt133.50–133.509973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779133.65/cwt131.00–135.001,041113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825130.32/cwt126.00–133.851,07576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880126.31/cwt122.50–127.251,11225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1928122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1976121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1814

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.