Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-01-05

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Tue, Jan 5
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,217 head
▼ 458 vs last sale 2,675▼ 767 vs year ago 2,984 · −25.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to last sale reported (Dec 17,2020). Trade was active. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.06/cwt on 1,278 head.
Average price
$143.06
1,278 head · 734 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,050
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.69
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1741143.211,0611,221
Medium and Large 1-2593139.7482857
One grade step is worth $3.48/cwt here — about $233 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 sale1,278 hd
143.06
—
IA average10 barns · 10,038 hd
143.75
−0.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318145.88/cwt141.00–151.004642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355168.00/cwt168.00–168.005962
Steers—Medium and Large 1389184.00/cwt184.00–184.007164
Steers—Medium and Large 1427176.83/cwt169.00–181.0075521
Steers—Medium and Large 1473166.06/cwt162.00–174.0078523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480156.00/cwt156.00–156.007494
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500143.00/cwt143.00–143.007151
Steers—Medium and Large 1523167.11/cwt151.00–180.0087462
Steers—Medium and Large 1579160.51/cwt153.75–166.50929102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580137.00/cwt137.00–137.0079512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2602140.06/cwt135.00–140.2584328
Steers—Medium and Large 1627161.94/cwt159.00–165.001,015113
Steers—Medium and Large 1685144.76/cwt139.50–152.00992102
Steers—Medium and Large 1718138.66/cwt132.00–141.75996231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776125.56/cwt125.00–126.509748
Steers—Medium and Large 1782136.41/cwt130.00–141.001,06785
Steers—Medium and Large 1822134.19/cwt126.00–136.001,103243
Steers—Medium and Large 1874133.82/cwt127.00–135.101,170162
Steers—Medium and Large 1946123.25/cwt123.25–123.251,16617
Steers—Medium and Large 11,094121.25/cwt121.25–121.251,32656
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383142.26/cwt142.00–143.005454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425129.00/cwt129.00–129.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434141.46/cwt134.00–146.0061417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490137.31/cwt134.25–141.0067337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493132.00/cwt132.00–132.006513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522134.31/cwt125.50–140.0070146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576129.81/cwt124.50–137.5074879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582120.24/cwt120.00–121.007004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605121.00/cwt121.00–121.007328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632130.82/cwt126.00–135.0082797
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675117.00/cwt117.00–117.007901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678127.47/cwt124.50–134.50864129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713127.90/cwt122.00–135.00912137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716114.42/cwt111.00–115.008197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764123.82/cwt123.00–125.0094633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770115.00/cwt115.00–115.008862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,06370
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863120.94/cwt117.00–121.251,04422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1903116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,05212
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,021118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,21015

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.