Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-02-13

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 13
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,197 head
▲ 163 vs last sale 2,034▲ 2,197 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 550 lbs. sold 5.00-10.00 higher, the heavier steers sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. The exception was 650-700 lb steers ending 6.00 higher on a good number of good quality calves. Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady, while the heavier heifers were steady to 2.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand 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 $150.05/cwt on 1,298 head.
Average price
$150.05
1,298 head · 716 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.06
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1718150.721,0821,215
Medium and Large 1-2691140.3296983
One grade step is worth $10.40/cwt here — about $113 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 sale1,298 hd
150.05
—
IA average10 barns · 9,938 hd
152.11
−2.06
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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1438180.00/cwt180.00–180.007887
Steers—Medium and Large 1465184.29/cwt175.00–193.0085732
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy481165.00/cwt165.00–165.007944
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2506164.00/cwt164.00–164.008305
Steers—Medium and Large 1526183.41/cwt173.00–188.0096575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573159.00/cwt159.00–159.009114
Steers—Medium and Large 1582169.59/cwt159.50–171.00987107
Steers—Medium and Large 1630161.58/cwt151.25–163.751,018172
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy639145.00/cwt145.00–145.0092710
Steers—Medium and Large 1657159.93/cwt148.50–163.501,051108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672143.04/cwt141.50–145.7596136
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy675144.80/cwt144.25–145.0097746
Steers—Medium and Large 1727146.81/cwt141.75–155.751,067164
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731137.24/cwt136.00–138.001,00321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy751135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,01640
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762127.00/cwt127.00–127.0096817
Steers—Medium and Large 1769140.97/cwt137.25–145.751,084160
Steers—Medium and Large 1818136.93/cwt133.00–140.001,12034
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy827134.58/cwt134.00–135.001,11321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy858127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,09029
Steers—Medium and Large 1892135.76/cwt131.50–136.501,21189
Steers—Medium and Large 1908135.60/cwt135.60–135.601,23152
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy936123.75/cwt123.75–123.751,1589
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,012121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,22556
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418165.60/cwt161.50–169.0069238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487154.76/cwt151.25–158.2575478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530148.02/cwt141.00–151.5078583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530135.00/cwt135.00–135.007163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575143.31/cwt135.00–147.75824156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579135.50/cwt135.50–135.5078511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy586130.00/cwt130.00–130.0076215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621127.53/cwt125.00–130.007928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623139.50/cwt134.00–145.25869127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy671128.34/cwt126.50–130.0086119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677136.45/cwt130.00–140.50924131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2699127.40/cwt127.00–129.5089131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718128.35/cwt123.75–131.2592264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy733123.25/cwt123.25–123.2590310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735123.50/cwt123.50–123.509084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy769119.55/cwt119.00–120.5091911

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.