Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2019-11-07

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Nov 7
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,906 head
▲ 639 vs last sale 1,267▲ 1,906 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 500-600 pound steers sold mostly 3.00 higher, 700-750 pound heifers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand was good for moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.31/cwt on 887 head.
Average price
$153.31
887 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.71
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649155.871,011669
Medium and Large 1-2626145.43911218
One grade step is worth $10.45/cwt here — about $100 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 sale887 hd
153.31
—
IA average8 barns · 3,711 hd
146.60
+6.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1372181.00/cwt181.00–181.0067317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2412167.34/cwt167.00–168.006899
Steers—Medium and Large 1441181.69/cwt179.00–183.0080112
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478180.95/cwt172.00–184.0086528
Steers—Medium and Large 1489178.73/cwt176.00–182.0087441
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned518165.00/cwt165.00–165.0085513
Steers—Medium and Large 1520163.78/cwt160.00–169.0085252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536155.86/cwt154.00–159.0083552
Steers—Medium and Large 1568152.10/cwt151.00–157.0086427
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned576146.50/cwt142.00–151.0084416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581147.27/cwt140.00–152.0085644
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619144.55/cwt142.75–148.0089567
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626140.65/cwt140.00–141.0088015
Steers—Medium and Large 1639148.23/cwt141.00–151.50947108
Steers—Medium and Large 1661152.65/cwt150.00–153.501,00943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669141.04/cwt140.00–142.5094424
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned672140.14/cwt139.25–141.0094223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2707135.00/cwt135.00–135.0095450
Steers—Medium and Large 1728154.31/cwt147.00–155.001,12382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775140.31/cwt135.50–142.501,08724
Steers—Medium and Large 1793156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,23771
Steers—Medium and Large 1873149.35/cwt149.35–149.351,30469
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned336150.00/cwt150.00–150.005044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369155.99/cwt150.00–159.0057622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438132.13/cwt125.00–137.0057912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443141.74/cwt141.00–143.0062827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484132.63/cwt127.50–137.0064239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518128.25/cwt126.00–130.0066453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524132.95/cwt128.00–135.00697115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned544133.50/cwt133.50–133.5072618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574121.12/cwt120.00–122.5069520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1597129.28/cwt128.50–131.5077227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616126.24/cwt122.50–128.5077864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619135.99/cwt130.00–139.0084229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned665128.50/cwt128.50–128.5085513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668127.05/cwt123.50–135.0084913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1696147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,02833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2717130.22/cwt126.00–138.0093420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722142.86/cwt138.50–144.001,03134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2798125.00/cwt125.00–125.009984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823140.03/cwt130.00–141.851,15245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1851136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2912127.01/cwt126.00–129.001,1589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924139.10/cwt139.10–139.101,28563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1969136.66/cwt130.00–137.851,324130
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,035130.35/cwt130.35–130.351,34955

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.