Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-09-03

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Sep 3
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,365 head
▲ 136 vs last sale 1,229▲ 1,365 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.14/cwt on 648 head.
Average price
$134.14
648 head · 750 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,006
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.94
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1755134.951,019587
Medium and Large 1-2703126.3088861
One grade step is worth $8.66/cwt here — about $130 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 sale648 hd
134.14
—
IA average8 barns · 3,448 hd
130.20
+3.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1472153.00/cwt153.00–153.007225
Steers—Medium and Large 1522150.00/cwt150.00–150.007835
Steers—Medium and Large 1580153.59/cwt153.25–153.7589126
Steers—Medium and Large 1639154.00/cwt154.00–154.009848
Steers—Medium and Large 1671153.22/cwt147.00–155.001,028135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2704140.00/cwt140.00–140.009864
Steers—Medium and Large 1725148.13/cwt145.50–153.001,07446
Steers—Medium and Large 1777146.43/cwt140.75–153.001,138158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2796141.83/cwt141.75–141.851,12957
Steers—Medium and Large 1810141.40/cwt140.00–143.001,145128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2846128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,08311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1354
Steers—Medium and Large 1930130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,20929
Steers—Medium and Large 1969120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1635
Steers—Large 11,053115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430131.00/cwt131.00–131.005634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545130.00/cwt130.00–130.0070911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy628116.00/cwt116.00–116.007287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631136.68/cwt134.00–138.5086278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672138.17/cwt136.75–141.00929107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2691130.00/cwt130.00–130.008986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728137.85/cwt132.00–142.001,004176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770127.00/cwt127.00–127.0097822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780138.14/cwt136.50–139.501,07756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1801138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,10558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2882124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,09411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1906124.35/cwt124.35–124.351,12753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1954120.60/cwt120.60–120.601,15152

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.