Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-01-02

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 2
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,361 head
▲ 470 vs last sale 1,891▲ 2,361 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago the 550 to 700 pound steers were steady to 5.00 higher and the 750 to 800 pound steers finished 1.00 to 6.00 lower. The rest of the steers sold generally steady. The 500 to 600 pound heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher while the 600 to 700 pound heifers were 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Other heifer weights sold generally steady. Demand was moderate to good for the heavy offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.67/cwt on 1,341 head.
Average price
$149.67
1,341 head · 718 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.03
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1728150.451,0951,199
Medium and Large 1-2635143.11909142
One grade step is worth $7.34/cwt here — about $186 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 sale1,341 hd
149.67
—
IA average5 barns · 3,386 hd
150.71
−1.03
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383164.00/cwt164.00–164.006284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450155.00/cwt155.00–155.006983
Steers—Medium and Large 1471172.26/cwt167.50–176.0081138
Steers—Medium and Large 1517170.51/cwt167.00–175.0088241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532156.53/cwt154.00–161.008338
Steers—Medium and Large 1580164.14/cwt159.00–172.00952158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587143.88/cwt143.50–146.0084546
Steers—Medium and Large 1619153.84/cwt150.00–162.5095243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623147.66/cwt147.50–148.0092021
Steers—Medium and Large 1679152.69/cwt145.00–156.001,037147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681138.77/cwt138.00–139.7594531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned694136.00/cwt136.00–136.009445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711138.00/cwt138.00–138.009814
Steers—Medium and Large 1727147.24/cwt141.75–152.501,070264
Steers—Medium and Large 1770142.99/cwt138.50–145.751,101170
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778134.75/cwt131.00–136.001,04820
Steers—Medium and Large 1827145.61/cwt135.00–148.501,204153
Steers—Medium and Large 1880145.25/cwt134.00–148.101,278157
Steers—Medium and Large 1910137.80/cwt135.50–140.501,25413
Steers—Medium and Large 1982129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,2726
Steers—Medium and Large 11,113114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2699
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2351143.00/cwt143.00–143.005024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426131.00/cwt131.00–131.005584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436145.18/cwt144.00–146.0063310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475145.46/cwt142.00–151.0069160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement518158.00/cwt158.00–158.008188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520137.50/cwt137.50–137.5071511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528146.61/cwt140.00–152.0077476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561147.37/cwt144.00–152.0082787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned599134.00/cwt134.00–134.008037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617138.24/cwt133.00–141.50853108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2634133.70/cwt130.00–135.5084817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673131.69/cwt125.00–136.5088626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675138.74/cwt133.50–142.25936189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned714124.00/cwt124.00–124.008855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720138.03/cwt134.50–139.50994139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790134.64/cwt125.00–135.501,06447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815129.51/cwt125.00–133.251,05629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1856131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,12114
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605127.00/cwt127.00–127.007686

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.