Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-06-04

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jun 4
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,372 head
▼ 752 vs last sale 2,124▼ 1,093 vs year ago 2,465 · −44.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago (May 21) Steers 500-700 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher. The 700-800 lb. steers were 6.00 lower and those over 800 lbs. ended mixed. Heifers under 650 lbs. sold 1.00 lower to 3.00 higher, while heifers over 650 lbs. were 4.00-10.00 higher. In 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 $144.67/cwt on 613 head.
Average price
$144.67
613 head · 690 lb average
Value per head Derived
$998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$158
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1
$17.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.70
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1541160.1586617thin
Medium and Large 1-2580150.86874102
Medium and Large 1717142.861,025494
One grade step is worth $17.29/cwt here — about −$158 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 sale613 hd
144.67
—
IA average8 barns · 4,040 hd
139.97
+4.70
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340172.00/cwt172.00–172.005854
Steers—Medium and Large 1425181.00/cwt181.00–181.007693
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2452168.00/cwt168.00–168.007598
Steers—Medium and Large 1462180.66/cwt177.50–182.0083522
Steers—Large 1477165.00/cwt165.00–165.007876
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517161.51/cwt155.00–166.0083516
Steers—Medium and Large 1533171.83/cwt166.25–181.0091660
Steers—Medium and Large 1566167.04/cwt162.50–173.0094544
Steers—Large 1576157.50/cwt157.50–157.5090711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585149.00/cwt144.00–153.5087223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617146.64/cwt140.00–148.5090538
Steers—Medium and Large 1619159.18/cwt151.75–165.0098534
Steers—Medium and Large 1661148.04/cwt144.50–153.0097996
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690136.36/cwt135.00–137.5094113
Steers—Medium and Large 1728136.47/cwt133.50–140.0099423
Steers—Medium and Large 1765131.91/cwt128.25–134.751,00962
Steers—Medium and Large 1811127.72/cwt123.50–129.001,03621
Steers—Medium and Large 1883119.40/cwt118.00–123.501,05470
Steers—Medium and Large 1946114.10/cwt114.10–114.101,07930
Steers—Medium and Large 11,024106.25/cwt106.25–106.251,08811
Steers—Medium and Large 11,052101.25/cwt101.25–101.251,06518
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388163.00/cwt163.00–163.006327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431163.89/cwt156.00–168.0070638
Heifers—Large 1-2443150.00/cwt150.00–150.006653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461134.03/cwt131.00–141.0061818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467156.89/cwt150.50–159.5073321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529147.39/cwt140.00–153.0078054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534139.33/cwt137.00–143.0074420
Heifers—Large 1-2560133.50/cwt133.50–133.5074813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570131.87/cwt129.00–135.0075216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573142.53/cwt136.00–145.5081727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627133.84/cwt129.75–141.5083976
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666130.06/cwt127.75–132.5086667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711127.42/cwt119.00–130.0090621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726116.75/cwt115.50–119.008487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768121.17/cwt116.00–122.7593129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2806115.25/cwt115.25–115.259294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1812123.05/cwt119.00–123.7599946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872117.26/cwt115.00–120.601,02365
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,04393.50/cwt93.50–93.509759
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665119.50/cwt119.50–119.507955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1713120.00/cwt120.00–120.008563

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.