Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2019-10-24

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Oct 24
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
911 head
▼ 429 vs last sale 1,340▲ 911 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage to reflect an accurate market trend. 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 $146.55/cwt on 515 head.
Average price
$146.55
515 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,002
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$260
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.17
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1704147.081,035452
Medium and Large 1-2543142.7377563
One grade step is worth $4.35/cwt here — about $260 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 sale515 hd
146.55
—
IA average5 barns · 1,639 hd
130.38
+16.17
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1272177.00/cwt177.00–177.004813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328151.00/cwt151.00–151.004953
Steers—Medium and Large 1351172.00/cwt172.00–172.006048
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2379152.00/cwt152.00–152.005767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433143.19/cwt141.00–146.006207
Steers—Medium and Large 1439163.59/cwt158.00–170.0071817
Steers—Medium and Large 1454165.00/cwt165.00–165.007496
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482150.00/cwt150.00–150.007239
Steers—Medium and Large 1533152.41/cwt150.00–154.0081276
Steers—Medium and Large 1575155.00/cwt155.00–155.0089115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590139.22/cwt137.50–140.5082131
Steers—Medium and Large 1642143.89/cwt140.00–145.0092480
Steers—Medium and Large 1671143.66/cwt142.50–144.5096412
Steers—Medium and Large 1728142.57/cwt139.50–144.251,03820
Steers—Medium and Large 1799139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,11516
Steers—Medium and Large 1814143.46/cwt143.00–144.851,16874
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2817134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,0996
Steers—Medium and Large 1860145.33/cwt141.85–148.251,250113
Steers—Medium and Large 1910128.16/cwt127.00–129.001,16612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2288145.00/cwt145.00–145.004184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323148.00/cwt148.00–148.004786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374133.00/cwt133.00–133.004979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425136.49/cwt134.50–140.0058027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475135.35/cwt131.00–137.0064323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517134.23/cwt131.00–140.0069465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536126.00/cwt126.00–126.006755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581141.08/cwt141.00–141.2582024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591127.50/cwt127.50–127.5075412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619125.50/cwt125.50–125.5077713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637140.39/cwt136.50–142.0089430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767132.13/cwt124.00–134.001,01323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1868127.57/cwt125.00–134.251,10722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1903123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005356
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411147.00/cwt147.00–147.006046

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.