Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-12-17

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Dec 17
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,675 head
▲ 175 vs last sale 2,500▲ 784 vs year ago 1,891 · +41.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs. were 3.00-6.00 higher and those over 600 lbs. were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. Heifers were mostly higher with those under 500 lbs. selling 3.00-4.00 higher and the 550-700 lbs. heifers ending 2.50-7.50 higher. The exceptions were the 500-550 pound heifers which were 4.00 lower and the 700-800 lb. heifers that were 1.00-3.00 lower. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.06/cwt on 1,368 head.
Average price
$152.06
1,368 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$109
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.29
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2583154.3089954
Medium and Large 1663151.961,0081,314
One grade step is worth $2.33/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale1,368 hd
152.06
—
IA average10 barns · 5,816 hd
139.76
+12.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1363180.00/cwt180.00–180.006534
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned410187.00/cwt187.00–187.007675
Steers—Medium and Large 1426181.66/cwt177.50–186.0077418
Steers—Medium and Large 1481187.09/cwt178.00–191.2590057
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2491174.50/cwt174.50–174.508579
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned499166.00/cwt166.00–166.008288
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned518181.56/cwt178.00–185.009408
Steers—Medium and Large 1523179.29/cwt171.50–188.0093886
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530153.00/cwt153.00–153.008115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535168.17/cwt167.50–169.0090011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy551180.00/cwt180.00–180.009924
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned582157.46/cwt157.00–159.0091631
Steers—Medium and Large 1583167.80/cwt158.00–171.00978170
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589150.75/cwt147.00–156.0088812
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned626145.30/cwt145.00–145.5091031
Steers—Medium and Large 1630153.29/cwt147.00–157.50966124
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned651144.50/cwt144.50–144.5094129
Steers—Medium and Large 1673147.35/cwt139.50–152.25992228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674137.51/cwt136.00–138.0092717
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned710137.25/cwt137.25–137.2597413
Steers—Medium and Large 1721140.95/cwt135.25–145.101,016198
Steers—Medium and Large 1769138.72/cwt132.75–143.001,067214
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned771130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0027
Steers—Medium and Large 1825130.31/cwt125.00–130.751,07551
Steers—Medium and Large 1919130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,19519
Steers—Medium and Large 11,030118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2159
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned372145.00/cwt145.00–145.005397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned406133.00/cwt133.00–133.005405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439152.34/cwt145.00–156.0066927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned474147.79/cwt146.00–151.0070114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476152.57/cwt145.00–159.5072685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477141.00/cwt141.00–141.006736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509139.00/cwt139.00–139.007086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524139.54/cwt138.00–143.0073113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527146.63/cwt143.00–149.0077399
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560129.14/cwt128.00–133.0072322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572144.24/cwt137.00–149.00825123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned580139.93/cwt138.00–146.5081248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609135.34/cwt135.00–136.0082412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619139.92/cwt136.50–145.00866202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681133.87/cwt130.25–138.00912135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned698132.00/cwt132.00–132.0092113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710128.11/cwt123.00–134.0091046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781124.18/cwt121.00–126.50970103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935119.26/cwt118.00–120.501,11514

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.