Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2019-11-21

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Nov 21
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,891 head
▲ 1,218 vs last sale 1,673▲ 2,891 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week light steers were mostly steady to 7.00 higher. Light heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower, 900 pound heifers were 2.00 higher. Heavy offering of good 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 $149.81/cwt on 1,415 head.
Average price
$149.81
1,415 head · 676 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,013
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.32
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1681151.311,0311,270
Medium and Large 1-2635136.67868145
One grade step is worth $14.64/cwt here — about $163 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 sale1,415 hd
149.81
—
IA average11 barns · 7,826 hd
148.49
+1.32
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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1293172.50/cwt172.50–172.505054
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2329162.41/cwt160.00–165.005346
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2354150.00/cwt150.00–150.005314
Steers—Medium and Large 1377174.36/cwt165.00–180.0065710
Steers—Medium and Large 1424175.41/cwt174.50–176.0074416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429150.82/cwt140.00–161.0064719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470154.63/cwt150.00–157.0072713
Steers—Medium and Large 1471168.61/cwt162.00–175.5079469
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478153.00/cwt153.00–153.007316
Steers—Medium and Large 1534161.64/cwt154.50–169.5086396
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540129.00/cwt129.00–129.006973
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned545140.00/cwt140.00–140.0076310
Steers—Medium and Large 1580152.12/cwt144.00–158.75882159
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588140.27/cwt133.00–143.2582532
Steers—Medium and Large 1629145.66/cwt139.00–151.00916154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2647115.00/cwt115.00–115.007443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668133.26/cwt130.00–135.5089010
Steers—Medium and Large 1684147.14/cwt145.50–149.001,006248
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708125.50/cwt125.50–125.5088920
Steers—Medium and Large 1726141.50/cwt134.00–145.751,02781
Steers—Medium and Large 1769153.38/cwt145.00–156.251,179121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2784125.58/cwt123.00–130.5098510
Steers—Medium and Large 1807151.99/cwt144.50–153.501,227134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned831128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,06417
Steers—Medium and Large 1878148.30/cwt146.50–151.501,302156
Steers—Medium and Large 1937136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,2776
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,156109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2608
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2246150.00/cwt150.00–150.003695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1343154.00/cwt154.00–154.005287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365156.00/cwt156.00–156.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2399129.00/cwt129.00–129.005154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417133.77/cwt130.00–136.0055822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423143.45/cwt139.00–147.0060760
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475130.30/cwt128.00–133.0061917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478144.90/cwt140.70–147.0069319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy515156.00/cwt156.00–156.0080314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527130.45/cwt122.00–137.0068763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535144.67/cwt138.50–152.0077483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558127.09/cwt126.00–129.0070933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571137.03/cwt132.50–143.0078295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621132.40/cwt127.00–139.7582292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement630151.05/cwt148.50–154.00952103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653124.00/cwt124.00–124.008103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664134.15/cwt127.50–141.0089171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1747143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,07021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,07626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884140.12/cwt136.25–140.601,23971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1934140.60/cwt140.35–140.851,313120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2953130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2396
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,025135.60/cwt135.60–135.601,39055
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400147.00/cwt147.00–147.005884
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553130.00/cwt130.00–130.0071914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1601120.00/cwt120.00–120.007219
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-286593.00/cwt93.00–93.0080411
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,06095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0079

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.