Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-02-06

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 6
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,034 head
▼ 709 vs last sale 2,743▲ 2,034 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers under 500 lbs undertone was sharply higher; 500-750 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 higher; over 750 lbs were 2.00 3.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs undertone was sharply higher; 500-650 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher; over 650 lbs were 1.00-3.00 higher. The highlight of the sale was a string of replacement red hided heifers averaging 745 lbs at 148.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.67/cwt on 1,007 head.
Average price
$152.67
1,007 head · 676 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,032
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.51
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1678153.371,040940
Medium and Large 1-2644142.8292067
One grade step is worth $10.55/cwt here — about $120 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 sale1,007 hd
152.67
—
IA average10 barns · 6,782 hd
151.16
+1.51
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 1-2361171.00/cwt171.00–171.006176
Steers—Medium and Large 1446175.00/cwt175.00–175.007817
Steers—Medium and Large 1470179.53/cwt169.00–181.5084446
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy525154.50/cwt154.50–154.5081110
Steers—Medium and Large 1535169.90/cwt166.50–172.7590951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2546155.00/cwt155.00–155.008469
Steers—Medium and Large 1577169.13/cwt164.00–171.0097678
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy578156.00/cwt156.00–156.009025
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned603150.00/cwt150.00–150.009055
Steers—Medium and Large 1618163.30/cwt154.50–170.001,009163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642139.00/cwt139.00–139.0089232
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy655140.00/cwt140.00–140.0091712
Steers—Medium and Large 1677153.32/cwt149.75–160.001,038125
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy719138.06/cwt135.00–142.5099336
Steers—Medium and Large 1723150.24/cwt144.50–153.751,086121
Steers—Medium and Large 1764143.95/cwt139.00–146.001,100131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,04820
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy783134.02/cwt132.25–135.001,04952
Steers—Medium and Large 1824136.96/cwt134.00–137.601,12965
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy834125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0438
Steers—Medium and Large 1860136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,17425
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362163.25/cwt159.00–165.0059114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425154.37/cwt152.50–156.0065615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438144.38/cwt142.50–145.0063216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477154.30/cwt154.00–154.5073631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478143.00/cwt143.00–143.006848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned492139.00/cwt139.00–139.006845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy498136.00/cwt136.00–136.006774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525148.44/cwt145.00–154.00779109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577143.69/cwt137.00–146.2582985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy612132.58/cwt126.00–136.0081118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627141.32/cwt136.75–144.00886158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy666123.05/cwt122.00–127.0082030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676136.16/cwt131.00–138.0092093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725130.17/cwt128.00–130.5094445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement733145.81/cwt142.00–148.001,06956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774133.74/cwt131.00–134.501,03555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy775123.88/cwt120.50–125.7596058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0657

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.