Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-01-07

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,114 head
▼ 103 vs last sale 2,217▼ 870 vs year ago 2,984 · −29.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Tuesday's auction steers 450-550 lbs. were 10.00-12.00 higher, while the 550-650 lb. steers were 2.00-7.00 lower. The 650-850 lb. steers were steady to 2.50 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs. were 5.00-12.00 higher and the 600-750 lb. heifers were 1.00-3.00 lower. Heifers over 750 lbs. did not have enough in both auctions to compare. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trade 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 $145.08/cwt on 1,201 head.
Average price
$145.08
1,201 head · 691 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,003
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.38
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1695145.211,0091,138
Medium and Large 1-2632142.6490263
One grade step is worth $2.57/cwt here — about $107 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 sale1,201 hd
145.08
—
IA average15 barns · 15,970 hd
142.70
+2.38
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370180.00/cwt180.00–180.006665
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475170.51/cwt170.00–171.0081010
Steers—Medium and Large 1481183.52/cwt174.50–190.5088340
Steers—Medium and Large 1526179.62/cwt175.00–184.5094539
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582144.39/cwt143.00–146.0084011
Steers—Medium and Large 1585158.53/cwt154.00–169.00927193
Steers—Medium and Large 1618154.25/cwt145.25–159.0095367
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642139.46/cwt135.00–144.5089518
Steers—Medium and Large 1677144.52/cwt138.75–151.00978199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2694134.62/cwt130.00–136.7593419
Steers—Medium and Large 1726138.94/cwt133.00–144.001,009222
Steers—Medium and Large 1781133.75/cwt126.50–136.501,045243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787125.00/cwt125.00–125.009845
Steers—Medium and Large 1823132.02/cwt124.00–135.351,087112
Steers—Medium and Large 1882124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,1007
Steers—Medium and Large 1948120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1386
Steers—Medium and Large 1950118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,1265
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376150.45/cwt147.50–154.005667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476148.94/cwt143.50–154.0070933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531148.26/cwt140.00–153.0078762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534135.01/cwt132.00–138.0072110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574135.27/cwt130.00–140.50776125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585120.71/cwt120.00–121.0070614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624127.74/cwt123.00–134.00797111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628118.29/cwt116.00–120.0074312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678126.07/cwt120.00–129.00855145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722126.54/cwt121.00–128.50914189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement732129.00/cwt129.00–129.0094421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764126.50/cwt126.50–126.509665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765110.00/cwt110.00–110.008427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1838117.82/cwt117.50–118.0098711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867115.00/cwt115.00–115.009976
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,01697.99/cwt96.00–100.009968

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.