Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-07-16

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jul 16
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,229 head
▼ 946 vs last sale 2,175▲ 1,229 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was active with good demand 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 $146.07/cwt on 664 head.
Average price
$146.07
664 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,054
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$254
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.00
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542152.1682570
Medium and Large 1743145.361,080594
One grade step is worth $6.80/cwt here — about −$254 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 sale664 hd
146.07
—
IA average5 barns · 2,130 hd
129.07
+17.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 1-2356159.00/cwt159.00–159.0056611
Steers—Medium and Large 1438179.50/cwt179.50–179.507864
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445162.44/cwt161.00–163.0072325
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned467168.00/cwt168.00–168.0078511
Steers—Medium and Large 1494172.36/cwt167.50–174.008518
Steers—Medium and Large 1523165.80/cwt160.00–173.0086710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525158.00/cwt158.00–158.008304
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed534171.25/cwt171.25–171.259148
Steers—Medium and Large 1577159.06/cwt153.00–161.2591855
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned606151.50/cwt151.50–151.5091812
Steers—Medium and Large 1608156.59/cwt149.50–164.5095263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613147.50/cwt147.50–147.509045
Steers—Medium and Large 1669156.94/cwt151.00–158.001,05033
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675142.26/cwt138.50–143.5096021
Steers—Medium and Large 1740145.15/cwt137.50–147.751,074101
Steers—Medium and Large 1769139.41/cwt137.75–143.751,07259
Steers—Medium and Large 1825139.94/cwt133.00–141.851,15598
Steers—Medium and Large 1875135.65/cwt132.00–136.351,18798
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0834
Steers—Medium and Large 1949124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,18210
Steers—Medium and Large 11,037110.75/cwt109.75–111.251,14818
Steers—Medium and Large 11,098104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,1476
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391129.00/cwt129.00–129.005044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1449148.00/cwt148.00–148.006657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned493143.00/cwt143.00–143.0070510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1496146.55/cwt139.00–154.0072724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503145.57/cwt141.00–150.0073229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568143.13/cwt138.00–146.0081353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578128.94/cwt127.00–131.0074510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622127.01/cwt122.00–130.0079016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628142.09/cwt133.00–143.5089246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned639130.00/cwt130.00–130.008319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683132.46/cwt126.00–134.5090531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2688121.00/cwt121.00–121.008323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721131.62/cwt126.00–133.0094999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723119.00/cwt119.00–119.008603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775126.95/cwt124.00–129.2598439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2786110.00/cwt110.00–110.008657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823124.95/cwt123.00–127.001,02820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862120.67/cwt120.50–121.001,04020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1923109.31/cwt109.00–111.001,00913
Heifers—Medium and Large 195596.00/cwt96.00–96.009174
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,07189.40/cwt88.00–93.009577

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.