Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-04-23

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Apr 23
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,799 head
▲ 1,423 vs last sale 376▲ 1,799 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparing to the last market coverage which was two weeks ago the steers 750-800 lbs. were 4.00 higher. The numbers two weeks ago were so light that comparisons could not be made on other weights of steers and heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.41/cwt on 883 head.
Average price
$142.41
883 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$940
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.58
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1662142.92946807
Medium and Large 1-2640136.9887776
One grade step is worth $5.95/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 sale883 hd
142.41
—
IA average3 barns · 3,132 hd
141.83
+0.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1343177.50/cwt177.50–177.506096
Steers—Medium and Large 1421176.75/cwt167.00–180.0074422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426163.52/cwt163.00–165.0069712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475160.68/cwt155.25–165.0076318
Steers—Medium and Large 1478158.16/cwt152.50–163.5075636
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned508157.00/cwt157.00–157.0079816
Steers—Medium and Large 1519159.46/cwt151.00–163.00828107
Steers—Medium and Large 1576159.98/cwt153.75–165.0092199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582148.44/cwt146.50–152.0086416
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned589149.00/cwt149.00–149.0087831
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609146.72/cwt145.00–148.0089426
Steers—Medium and Large 1625149.97/cwt144.50–154.0093788
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640139.07/cwt138.00–139.5089017
Steers—Medium and Large 1683142.63/cwt133.50–147.00974127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685126.55/cwt119.00–129.5086718
Steers—Medium and Large 1730126.49/cwt122.00–132.0092355
Steers—Medium and Large 1768123.10/cwt119.00–132.0094535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768116.37/cwt116.00–117.008948
Steers—Medium and Large 1813114.45/cwt110.00–116.0093022
Steers—Medium and Large 1868104.00/cwt104.00–104.009034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2971100.00/cwt100.00–100.009715
Steers—Medium and Large 1977108.21/cwt103.75–113.101,057115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315139.50/cwt139.50–139.504395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386134.66/cwt131.00–137.0052015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned403132.50/cwt132.50–132.505346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421135.62/cwt134.50–139.0057120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489129.58/cwt127.50–131.0063453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495121.37/cwt120.00–122.0060116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509127.98/cwt122.50–132.2565166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515119.00/cwt119.00–119.006134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned536123.00/cwt123.00–123.0065910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568120.00/cwt120.00–120.0068210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582127.71/cwt121.00–133.0074359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622117.57/cwt115.00–120.5073136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627124.90/cwt118.00–129.00783121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684112.89/cwt112.50–114.0077215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685124.78/cwt121.00–130.0085561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725111.02/cwt105.00–115.50805158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740102.50/cwt101.00–103.007598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-281895.00/cwt95.00–95.007773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819105.02/cwt96.00–106.7586075
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2283165.00/cwt165.00–165.004673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned441146.00/cwt146.00–146.006446
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned531140.00/cwt140.00–140.007437
Bulls—Medium and Large 1837100.00/cwt100.00–100.008376

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.