Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2019-11-14

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Nov 14
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,673 head
▼ 233 vs last sale 1,906▲ 1,673 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 400-600 pound sold mostly 3.00-6.00 lower; 700-900 pound steers were 4.00-7.00 lower. Heifers 500-650 pounds were 2.00-4.00 higher. Heaver weight heifers ended mixed. Moderate offerings were met with light to moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.85/cwt on 777 head.
Average price
$136.85
777 head · 699 lb average
Value per head Derived
$957
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$303
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.32
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1733138.731,017629
Medium and Large 1-2554128.88714148
One grade step is worth $9.85/cwt here — about $303 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 sale777 hd
136.85
—
IA average7 barns · 3,146 hd
132.53
+4.32
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned310202.50/cwt202.50–202.506288
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2344177.50/cwt177.50–177.506118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned363177.00/cwt177.00–177.006434
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned393170.00/cwt170.00–170.006689
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned444163.50/cwt163.50–163.5072615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2447157.50/cwt157.50–157.5070411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned464166.00/cwt166.00–166.0077010
Steers—Medium and Large 1480163.98/cwt160.00–165.0078739
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518146.00/cwt146.00–146.007568
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned522155.93/cwt151.00–159.0081415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned537144.73/cwt143.50–145.5077715
Steers—Medium and Large 1539150.72/cwt148.50–155.0081219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2554143.00/cwt143.00–143.007928
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568151.57/cwt149.50–152.5086152
Steers—Medium and Large 1581149.56/cwt147.50–151.0086948
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned583143.50/cwt143.50–143.5083710
Steers—Medium and Large 1608151.54/cwt151.10–153.00921101
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612146.27/cwt140.00–149.0089539
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627140.00/cwt140.00–140.008786
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned642140.00/cwt140.00–140.0089928
Steers—Medium and Large 1668144.58/cwt143.50–145.5096690
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned679130.00/cwt130.00–130.008839
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686129.30/cwt126.00–139.0088719
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned693146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,01234
Steers—Medium and Large 1721147.33/cwt145.50–150.001,06236
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned746143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,07117
Steers—Medium and Large 1760142.47/cwt141.50–143.001,08323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2803128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0283
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2890124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,1085
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2353139.00/cwt139.00–139.004915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned356142.00/cwt142.00–142.005065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2407132.00/cwt132.00–132.005378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431138.00/cwt138.00–138.005957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned467137.00/cwt137.00–137.0064017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467130.13/cwt125.00–133.0060837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485131.47/cwt125.00–137.0063839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509130.73/cwt128.00–132.0066516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531134.91/cwt129.00–139.0071659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned539132.17/cwt131.50–132.5071225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573128.35/cwt123.00–132.0073520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576141.74/cwt136.00–145.0081657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613126.64/cwt122.00–131.0077617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630138.50/cwt138.50–138.5087321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634143.77/cwt137.50–145.25912105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670130.30/cwt125.00–134.0087335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2701123.00/cwt123.00–123.0086210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713146.48/cwt146.00–146.751,04428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2802119.00/cwt119.00–119.009543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,13113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1904138.85/cwt138.85–138.851,25564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2935115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1954138.97/cwt138.35–139.601,326124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2988115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1364
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,004136.85/cwt136.85–136.851,37455
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1496134.00/cwt134.00–134.006655
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675123.00/cwt123.00–123.008309

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.