Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-02-20

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 20
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,468 head
▲ 271 vs last sale 2,197▲ 2,468 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; 500-700 pound steers were steady to 5.5 higher, 500-700 pound heifers were steady to 4.00 higher. Trade active, good demand with moderate offerings of good clean quality cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.70/cwt on 1,204 head.
Average price
$155.70
1,204 head · 688 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.28
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1697156.561,0921,034
Medium and Large 1-2635150.47956170
One grade step is worth $6.09/cwt here — about $135 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 sale1,204 hd
155.70
—
IA average9 barns · 7,597 hd
154.42
+1.28
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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383180.00/cwt180.00–180.006894
Steers—Medium and Large 1437193.27/cwt190.00–197.0084534
Steers—Medium and Large 1467198.50/cwt198.50–198.509277
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473175.70/cwt166.00–184.0083123
Steers—Medium and Large 1520186.30/cwt177.00–191.7596970
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525165.42/cwt159.00–171.0086810
Steers—Medium and Large 1577174.00/cwt167.00–178.001,004173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588154.94/cwt149.00–162.0091115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603141.75/cwt141.75–141.7585515
Steers—Medium and Large 1620167.19/cwt159.50–173.001,03777
Steers—Medium and Large 1683161.08/cwt159.00–165.001,100145
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686145.71/cwt137.50–150.251,00080
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned708136.00/cwt136.00–136.009634
Steers—Medium and Large 1725153.10/cwt148.00–157.751,11081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2746135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,00720
Steers—Medium and Large 1780141.35/cwt134.50–144.751,103231
Steers—Medium and Large 1812138.62/cwt135.25–141.101,126151
Steers—Medium and Large 1889130.75/cwt130.75–130.751,16221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2902119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0733
Steers—Medium and Large 1919131.85/cwt131.85–131.851,21240
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement409163.00/cwt163.00–163.006678
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420140.48/cwt132.00–144.0059010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433149.55/cwt146.00–152.0064823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned455139.00/cwt139.00–139.006323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486149.79/cwt142.50–154.0072859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521136.89/cwt130.00–140.0071310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528151.25/cwt145.00–158.0079995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572147.07/cwt140.00–152.00841100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580134.35/cwt127.00–137.5077916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement608150.75/cwt150.75–150.7591725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613128.50/cwt128.50–128.507886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628139.91/cwt135.00–147.75879126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642130.49/cwt127.00–132.0083842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671136.80/cwt132.00–144.00918216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683128.95/cwt126.00–130.7588113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732131.15/cwt125.00–133.75960173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766129.26/cwt125.25–130.0099071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2865117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1871136.10/cwt136.10–136.101,18564

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.