Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-01-12

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Tue, Jan 12
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,192 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 2,114▼ 103 vs year ago 2,295 · −4.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursdays auction steers under 600 lbs. were 6.00 lower to 2.00 higher. The steers over 600 lbs. sold steady to 6.00 lower. Heifers 500-650 were 1.00 lower to 5.00 higher, while the 650-750 heifers ended steady to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $140.97/cwt on 1,173 head.
Average price
$140.97
1,173 head · 704 lb average
Value per head Derived
$992
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$11.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.83
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1706141.509991,088
Medium and Large 1-2651135.2988065
Large 1764130.4599720
One grade step is worth $11.05/cwt here — about $2 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 sale1,173 hd
140.97
—
IA average15 barns · 17,859 hd
141.80
−0.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1440187.00/cwt187.00–187.008237
Steers—Medium and Large 1454199.75/cwt199.75–199.7590718
Steers—Medium and Large 1522173.26/cwt172.00–181.0090440
Steers—Medium and Large 1567160.78/cwt153.00–163.2591282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576150.21/cwt150.00–151.0086514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626136.43/cwt134.00–138.0085425
Steers—Medium and Large 1632148.29/cwt145.75–151.0093775
Steers—Medium and Large 1665144.32/cwt137.50–149.50960346
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678128.82/cwt127.00–130.0087321
Steers—Large 1698136.00/cwt136.00–136.009499
Steers—Large 1709135.00/cwt135.00–135.009576
Steers—Medium and Large 1729135.79/cwt127.00–139.75990188
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy745128.00/cwt128.00–128.0095415
Steers—Medium and Large 1782129.94/cwt124.00–135.501,016179
Steers—Medium and Large 1836128.29/cwt120.00–129.501,07322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2869115.00/cwt115.00–115.009995
Steers—Medium and Large 1886122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,08540
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy912120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,09421
Steers—Medium and Large 1921127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,17448
Steers—Large 1949115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0915
Steers—Medium and Large 1954115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0977
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330167.50/cwt167.50–167.505533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385158.50/cwt158.50–158.5061017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461136.65/cwt135.00–140.006309
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474147.60/cwt144.50–152.0070012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503151.96/cwt144.50–152.7576466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512133.04/cwt130.00–135.5068132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576133.86/cwt127.00–138.0077169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578122.68/cwt120.00–125.0070929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631132.83/cwt126.50–136.25838174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637119.16/cwt118.75–120.0075915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653118.09/cwt117.00–120.0077111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681125.55/cwt119.50–130.00855118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement712137.00/cwt137.00–137.0097530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724120.16/cwt116.00–123.0087093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770123.29/cwt121.00–124.7594981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1898111.00/cwt111.00–111.009974
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,04895.00/cwt95.00–95.009963

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.