Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-01-16

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 16
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,295 head
▼ 689 vs last sale 2,984▲ 2,295 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, steers and heifers sold steady. Demand moderate to good, with the best demand for those greener longer weaned cattle. Discounts still seen on fleshier cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.58/cwt on 1,091 head.
Average price
$152.58
1,091 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,017
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$473
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$30.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.71
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1678153.441,040998
Medium and Large 1-2588153.0090061
Medium 1540141.007614thin
Medium 2462122.6856728
One grade step is worth $30.76/cwt here — about $473 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 sale1,091 hd
152.58
—
IA average12 barns · 11,555 hd
153.29
−0.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2356167.00/cwt167.00–167.005955
Steers—Medium 2413120.00/cwt120.00–120.0049613
Steers—Medium and Large 1424175.38/cwt171.00–179.5074419
Steers—Medium and Large 1486178.65/cwt173.00–183.0086845
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy496167.50/cwt167.50–167.508318
Steers—Medium 2505125.00/cwt125.00–125.0063115
Steers—Medium and Large 1513180.99/cwt167.00–186.0092848
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535163.00/cwt163.00–163.008725
Steers—Medium 1540141.00/cwt141.00–141.007614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565154.94/cwt153.00–157.0087535
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy570149.00/cwt149.00–149.0084911
Steers—Medium and Large 1574165.81/cwt162.50–174.0095276
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy620149.77/cwt137.00–162.0092919
Steers—Medium and Large 1621158.72/cwt153.00–163.75986188
Steers—Medium and Large 1671150.34/cwt143.75–164.001,00992
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy678136.56/cwt135.00–138.7592621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681143.50/cwt143.50–143.509778
Steers—Medium and Large 1723150.55/cwt144.25–155.751,088252
Steers—Medium and Large 1773142.51/cwt141.75–144.751,10266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0768
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy795133.08/cwt132.50–139.001,05833
Steers—Medium and Large 1843135.73/cwt135.50–137.501,14447
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy847131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,1146
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy858131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1244
Steers—Medium and Large 1860139.62/cwt135.00–140.501,20141
Steers—Medium and Large 1931134.42/cwt134.25–134.501,25122
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386155.00/cwt155.00–155.005986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426149.71/cwt149.50–150.0063816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443140.00/cwt140.00–140.006203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466155.47/cwt147.50–161.0072423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy493126.00/cwt126.00–126.006216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510140.00/cwt140.00–140.007142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527145.16/cwt143.50–148.00765114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy533136.54/cwt134.00–141.0072816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581144.38/cwt140.50–151.5083986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy584137.15/cwt135.50–139.5080144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587131.50/cwt131.50–131.5077217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy604126.00/cwt126.00–126.007617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622140.98/cwt136.00–144.75877103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675138.46/cwt134.50–144.00935292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2701130.00/cwt130.00–130.009114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730133.64/cwt132.75–134.2597627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy735127.36/cwt120.00–129.3593683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777132.09/cwt131.00–133.001,02622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy812127.30/cwt126.50–127.751,03425

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.