Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-01-30

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 30
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,743 head
▲ 1,309 vs last sale 1,434▲ 2,743 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 650 lbs. 1.00-4.00 lower, 650-750 lbs. 3.00-6.00 lower and feeder steers over 750 lbs mostly 1.00 lower. Heifers under 550 lbs sharply lower undertone noted on limited compared supply, 550-650 lbs made up the majority of the heifer supply and traded 4.00-6.00 lower, with instances up to 10.00 lower. Heifer over 650 lbs 1.00-4.00 lower on limited comparable supplies.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.66/cwt on 1,419 head.
Average price
$150.66
1,419 head · 654 lb average
Value per head Derived
$985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$165
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.56
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551151.15833108
Medium and Large 1662150.629971,311
One grade step is worth $0.53/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale1,419 hd
150.66
—
IA average9 barns · 8,751 hd
153.21
−2.56
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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2324157.02/cwt151.00–160.005099
Steers—Medium and Large 1431165.16/cwt163.00–166.5071219
Steers—Medium and Large 1469166.71/cwt161.00–172.0078250
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487156.94/cwt156.00–158.0076413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530152.51/cwt146.00–156.0080834
Steers—Medium and Large 1531165.76/cwt161.00–167.00880127
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned540146.22/cwt131.00–150.0079024
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned558139.59/cwt139.00–140.0077915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565153.00/cwt153.00–153.0086410
Steers—Medium and Large 1578163.85/cwt160.00–169.50947108
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full592158.00/cwt158.00–158.009355
Steers—Medium and Large 1623158.04/cwt150.50–165.50985196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626147.41/cwt141.00–151.0092339
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008453
Steers—Medium and Large 1677149.13/cwt141.00–158.501,010156
Steers—Medium and Large 1722143.97/cwt136.50–151.001,039448
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727135.50/cwt135.50–135.509853
Steers—Medium and Large 1776141.09/cwt135.50–144.001,09554
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full789127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0024
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy791130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,0324
Steers—Medium and Large 1819134.22/cwt133.50–135.251,09988
Steers—Medium and Large 1870127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1055
Steers—Medium and Large 1919124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1405
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2296144.00/cwt144.00–144.004267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376144.75/cwt143.00–146.0054421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy415124.50/cwt124.50–124.505173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422141.61/cwt138.00–144.0059810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429149.92/cwt147.00–151.0064349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476146.52/cwt144.00–149.5069733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480137.31/cwt134.50–140.0065923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516140.24/cwt134.50–147.00724110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533133.41/cwt126.00–136.0071138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580135.51/cwt131.00–141.75786264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580119.00/cwt119.00–119.006904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583129.76/cwt126.50–130.2575732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623131.04/cwt126.00–140.00816108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643124.50/cwt124.50–124.508018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy651125.00/cwt125.00–125.0081416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672127.69/cwt126.00–134.0085821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677132.83/cwt130.00–137.0089987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709132.65/cwt128.00–135.5094059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732121.00/cwt121.00–121.008866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1792132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,0495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1804129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,03928

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.