Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-05-07

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, May 7
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,244 head
▼ 159 vs last sale 1,403▲ 1,244 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 700 lbs. sold 5.00-15.00 higher, while the 700-850 lb. steers were 6.00-16.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs. were mostly 9.00-14.00 higher and the 600-800 lb. heifers were 8.00-16.00 higher. With active trading, demand was good for the moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.50/cwt on 683 head.
Average price
$144.50
683 head · 715 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,033
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$212
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.38
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538156.0383963
Medium and Large 1733143.331,051620
One grade step is worth $12.71/cwt here — about −$212 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 sale683 hd
144.50
—
IA average6 barns · 5,540 hd
142.12
+2.38
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 1-2290176.00/cwt176.00–176.005104
Steers—Medium and Large 1326183.25/cwt182.50–184.005978
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380172.00/cwt172.00–172.0065411
Steers—Medium and Large 1420180.38/cwt179.00–183.0075820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466163.65/cwt159.00–165.0076314
Steers—Medium and Large 1489177.70/cwt175.50–180.508699
Steers—Medium and Large 1524172.02/cwt170.00–180.2590158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540160.11/cwt159.50–163.5086513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned555158.00/cwt158.00–158.008774
Steers—Medium and Large 1570169.18/cwt168.50–170.0096420
Steers—Medium and Large 1616160.50/cwt152.00–166.50989108
Steers—Medium and Large 1678149.65/cwt142.50–156.751,01526
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned686137.50/cwt137.50–137.509437
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2699140.00/cwt140.00–140.0097910
Steers—Medium and Large 1714148.17/cwt140.00–150.751,058101
Steers—Medium and Large 1763137.38/cwt135.25–139.751,04872
Steers—Medium and Large 1822128.68/cwt124.00–130.251,05839
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825118.50/cwt118.50–118.509787
Steers—Medium and Large 1887111.96/cwt108.25–116.5099322
Steers—Medium and Large 1927117.10/cwt117.10–117.101,08665
Steers—Medium and Large 11,026104.75/cwt104.75–104.751,07526
Steers—Medium and Large 11,097101.75/cwt101.75–101.751,11639
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2256170.00/cwt170.00–170.004354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1303161.00/cwt161.00–161.0048810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2362142.80/cwt141.50–147.0051713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423154.93/cwt153.00–155.5065517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425140.94/cwt138.00–143.0059915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468147.21/cwt144.50–150.5068922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523142.10/cwt139.50–145.5074316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532132.00/cwt132.00–132.007025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568142.61/cwt142.00–144.0081051
Heifers—Large 1591127.50/cwt127.50–127.507548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619123.13/cwt116.00–127.0076218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623136.15/cwt129.00–141.2584836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667140.06/cwt133.00–143.7593452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667122.77/cwt120.00–128.5081925
Heifers—Large 1690118.00/cwt117.00–118.5081415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2704105.00/cwt105.00–105.007394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765106.51/cwt105.00–108.008158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769117.78/cwt114.00–120.1090667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829111.04/cwt110.25–113.5092135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886107.35/cwt107.35–107.3595132
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1238182.50/cwt182.50–182.504347
Bulls—Medium and Large 1735120.00/cwt120.00–120.008823

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.