Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-03-05

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 5
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
950 head
▼ 1,143 vs last sale 2,093▲ 950 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers both saw higher prices. Steers under 600 lbs. sold 2.00-3.00 higher and the 700-900 lb. steers were 6.00-12.00 higher. Heifers 500-800 lbs. sold 4.00-8.00 higher. Demand was good for the light offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.44/cwt on 417 head.
Average price
$139.44
417 head · 649 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.57
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1650140.83915355
Medium and Large 1-2642131.4784462
One grade step is worth $9.36/cwt here — about $70 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 sale417 hd
139.44
—
IA average8 barns · 2,211 hd
132.87
+6.57
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned405188.00/cwt188.00–188.007613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413152.05/cwt148.00–156.0062812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned482150.00/cwt150.00–150.007233
Steers—Medium and Large 1520170.63/cwt169.50–172.0088720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522155.55/cwt154.00–157.008128
Steers—Medium and Large 1581157.11/cwt154.00–159.5091320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600141.00/cwt141.00–141.008463
Steers—Medium and Large 1629160.31/cwt158.75–162.001,00837
Steers—Medium and Large 1676152.71/cwt148.75–159.001,032109
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned690147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0147
Steers—Medium and Large 1719147.96/cwt143.00–150.001,06461
Steers—Medium and Large 1785143.44/cwt134.00–144.751,12621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2800127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0164
Steers—Medium and Large 1821135.63/cwt133.50–136.251,11422
Steers—Medium and Large 1854132.02/cwt131.50–132.501,12762
Steers—Medium and Large 1932122.47/cwt120.00–124.001,14113
Steers—Medium and Large 1971121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1755
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413164.00/cwt164.00–164.006776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446144.00/cwt144.00–144.006425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467153.00/cwt153.00–153.0071511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518151.15/cwt150.00–152.0078343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577136.25/cwt136.25–136.257869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned583141.00/cwt141.00–141.008226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587149.70/cwt145.00–151.0087965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614146.18/cwt144.00–147.5089834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669140.45/cwt133.50–144.7594099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675129.27/cwt128.00–129.5087348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705132.50/cwt132.50–132.509343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783124.24/cwt121.00–126.5097376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,10312

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.