Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-03-04

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 4
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,550 head
▼ 330 vs last sale 2,880▲ 1,600 vs year ago 950 · +168.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 550-750 lbs. were steady to 3.00 higher, 750-950 lbs. steady to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves under 700 lbs. generally steady to firm, over 700 lbs. steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good for the heavy 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 $144.12/cwt on 1,466 head.
Average price
$144.12
1,466 head · 733 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,056
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.39
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2616146.0690063
Medium and Large 1738144.041,0631,403
One grade step is worth $2.03/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale1,466 hd
144.12
—
IA average11 barns · 9,322 hd
141.73
+2.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2306163.00/cwt163.00–163.004996
Steers—Medium and Large 1370186.91/cwt185.00–188.0069222
Steers—Medium and Large 1439189.50/cwt189.50–189.508329
Steers—Medium and Large 1469177.02/cwt171.00–182.5083036
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474164.48/cwt162.00–166.007808
Steers—Medium and Large 1519172.60/cwt170.75–174.5089632
Steers—Medium and Large 1574166.69/cwt164.00–170.25957102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605146.00/cwt146.00–146.0088316
Steers—Medium and Large 1617156.26/cwt147.50–162.50964106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674144.50/cwt144.50–144.5097414
Steers—Medium and Large 1679152.51/cwt147.50–159.001,036149
Steers—Medium and Large 1719145.40/cwt139.00–151.751,045274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741134.17/cwt133.00–135.0099419
Steers—Medium and Large 1777136.12/cwt134.00–139.751,058180
Steers—Medium and Large 1832131.67/cwt126.50–136.751,095259
Steers—Medium and Large 1861130.27/cwt130.10–131.001,12257
Steers—Medium and Large 1916126.46/cwt119.00–129.001,158151
Steers—Medium and Large 1976119.74/cwt119.00–124.001,16926
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328160.00/cwt160.00–160.005254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375148.54/cwt147.00–153.0055711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415159.89/cwt154.50–162.0066427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444141.00/cwt141.00–141.0062619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned474131.00/cwt131.00–131.006218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481148.48/cwt147.00–150.0071429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495137.46/cwt137.00–139.0068013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy516162.00/cwt162.00–162.008367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535148.62/cwt144.00–154.0079543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545140.00/cwt140.00–140.0076310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned545133.00/cwt133.00–133.007255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568131.46/cwt131.00–132.0074711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582143.72/cwt135.00–147.5083676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618127.24/cwt126.00–128.0078626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628134.36/cwt129.00–145.00844189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676120.00/cwt120.00–120.008115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683129.75/cwt125.75–134.00886101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714131.67/cwt125.25–138.00940117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774126.25/cwt123.00–132.75977101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814124.25/cwt124.25–124.251,01141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1864114.54/cwt113.00–116.0099018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1939111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0426
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383178.00/cwt178.00–178.006822
Bulls—Medium and Large 1446174.00/cwt174.00–174.007767
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668122.00/cwt122.00–122.008154

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.