Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-02-18

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 18
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,457 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 1,495▼ 1,011 vs year ago 2,468 · −41.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday steer calves 450-550 lbs. 2.00-4.00 lower, 550-750 lbs. 2.00-8.00 higher, 750-950 lbs. firm. Heifer calves 400-650 lbs. 2.00-8.00 higher, 650-800 lbs. firm. Trade active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.20/cwt on 856 head.
Average price
$153.20
856 head · 679 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,040
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.22
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1679153.941,045811
Medium and Large 1-2682139.7795345
One grade step is worth $14.17/cwt here — about $92 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 sale856 hd
153.20
—
IA average8 barns · 3,928 hd
143.98
+9.22
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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2408151.00/cwt151.00–151.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 1438183.25/cwt183.25–183.2580310
Steers—Medium and Large 1484180.60/cwt180.00–180.7587415
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy528181.00/cwt181.00–181.0095625
Steers—Medium and Large 1532174.08/cwt169.00–177.0092648
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy554173.75/cwt173.75–173.7596323
Steers—Medium and Large 1581164.97/cwt161.00–165.7595868
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2597156.00/cwt156.00–156.009313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620147.99/cwt145.00–150.0091819
Steers—Medium and Large 1631160.31/cwt156.50–164.851,012103
Steers—Medium and Large 1675155.60/cwt150.25–160.501,050160
Steers—Medium and Large 1724146.93/cwt138.00–152.501,064179
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2746132.00/cwt132.00–132.0098510
Steers—Medium and Large 1775136.17/cwt134.00–138.751,05561
Steers—Medium and Large 1805138.26/cwt133.50–140.501,11395
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2844123.70/cwt123.00–124.001,04410
Steers—Medium and Large 1858130.27/cwt127.50–130.751,11814
Steers—Medium and Large 1928126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,1764
Steers—Medium and Large 1968121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,1796
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421147.76/cwt142.50–152.5062210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442159.00/cwt159.00–159.007033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471157.16/cwt152.00–164.5074033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2498136.00/cwt136.00–136.006774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520151.95/cwt146.00–154.2579072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530139.22/cwt135.00–141.0073819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581144.06/cwt135.50–148.2583746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589120.80/cwt120.00–122.007125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620145.69/cwt138.00–148.25903144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629134.27/cwt131.00–136.5084510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675127.95/cwt124.00–130.0086413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682133.44/cwt133.25–133.5091026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733127.93/cwt123.50–131.5093884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768126.97/cwt126.50–128.2597543

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.