Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-01-28

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 28
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,404 head
▼ 1,394 vs last sale 2,798▼ 1,339 vs year ago 2,743 · −48.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-700 lbs. sold steady while the 700-850 lb. steers were steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs. were steady to 2.00 higher while those over 600 lbs. were mostly 1.00-2.00 higher. 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 $143.00/cwt on 812 head.
Average price
$143.00
812 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,032
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$21.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.39
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1722143.281,034782
Medium and Large 1-2683137.8894226
Large 1961121.501,1684thin
One grade step is worth $21.78/cwt here — about −$133 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 sale812 hd
143.00
—
IA average9 barns · 6,327 hd
141.61
+1.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1497175.75/cwt175.75–175.758735
Steers—Medium and Large 1506180.00/cwt180.00–180.0091115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539160.00/cwt160.00–160.008626
Steers—Medium and Large 1592158.33/cwt155.00–163.0093765
Steers—Medium and Large 1621152.02/cwt145.00–155.5094482
Steers—Medium and Large 1674145.85/cwt143.25–148.00983105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690133.50/cwt133.50–133.5092111
Steers—Medium and Large 1714142.49/cwt136.50–148.001,017158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770128.50/cwt128.50–128.509899
Steers—Medium and Large 1775138.11/cwt135.75–143.001,070193
Steers—Medium and Large 1827133.68/cwt128.50–135.001,106154
Steers—Medium and Large 1906127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1555
Steers—Large 1961121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,1684
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474148.32/cwt146.50–150.0070326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524142.29/cwt133.50–145.5074624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573139.31/cwt136.00–141.7579853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583120.00/cwt120.00–120.007004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624120.86/cwt120.00–125.0075428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625135.09/cwt130.00–138.50844118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673133.08/cwt129.00–135.7589668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734121.23/cwt117.75–124.0089072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762124.29/cwt120.00–125.2594765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1836119.92/cwt119.25–120.751,00334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1948119.60/cwt119.60–119.601,13436

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.