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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-09

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Apr 9

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Apr 2Apr 9Apr 23 →

Receipts

376 head

▼ 1,139 vs last sale 1,515▲ 376 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer prices were mostly higher. All tested categories experienced light tests. Steers 750-800 lb. steers were 4.00 higher and 900-950 lb steers were 7.50 higher. Heifers 450-500 lbs. were 2.00 higher and 750-900 lb. heifers were 2.50-11.50 higher. Demand was good and trade was active for the light offerings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.58/cwt on 191 head.

Average price

$130.58

191 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$946

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$294

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$28.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.11

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	417	158.00	659	6thin
Medium and Large 1	734	129.69	953	185

One grade step is worth $28.31/cwt here — about −$294 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 sale191 hd

130.58

—

IA average5 barns · 2,021 hd

141.70

−11.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	659	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	811	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	803	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	598	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	891	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	601	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	853	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	604	157.47/cwt	157.00–158.00	951	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	863	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	940	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	908	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	109.85/cwt	109.85–109.85	1,011	61
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	586	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	475	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	739	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	139.14/cwt	139.00–140.00	675	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	726	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	595	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	732	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	747	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	113.25/cwt	113.25–113.25	768	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	100.25/cwt	100.25–100.25	762	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	860	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	100.25/cwt	100.25–100.25	826	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	100.75/cwt	100.75–100.75	879	40

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Thu Apr 9, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 376Last week 1,515Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	122.00	122.00
12	—	678	113.25	113.25
24	—	771	111.50	111.50
3	—	378	155.00	155.00
9	—	595	123.00	123.00
16	—	824	100.25	100.25
6	—	540	134.50	134.50
14	—	485	139.00–140.00	139.14
40	—	872	100.75	100.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	760	100.25	100.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	580	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	475	155.50	155.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	861	105.50	105.50
61	—	920	109.85	109.85
6	—	710	121.50	121.50
21	—	790	119.00	119.00
5	—	493	164.50	164.50
15	—	604	157.00–158.00	157.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	601	142.00	142.00
12	—	598	149.00	149.00
11	—	515	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	417	158.00	158.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.