Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-04-01

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Apr 1
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,604 head
▲ 397 vs last sale 2,207▲ 1,089 vs year ago 1,515 · +71.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 500-550 lbs. were 2.00 higher, 550-700 lbs. 2.00-5.00 lower, over 700 lbs. mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves under 700 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower, 700-750 lbs. 2.00 higher, over 750 lbs. 3.00-4.00 lower. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Several load lots were in the offerings. Trade was actve.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.26/cwt on 1,360 head.
Average price
$155.26
1,360 head · 703 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$130
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$19.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.92
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556158.40881130
Medium and Large 1718154.981,1131,226
Large 1730138.501,0114thin
One grade step is worth $19.90/cwt here — about −$130 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 sale1,360 hd
155.26
—
IA average10 barns · 5,956 hd
151.34
+3.92
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned365169.00/cwt169.00–169.006176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2384172.30/cwt170.00–176.0066213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned391193.00/cwt193.00–193.007554
Steers—Medium and Large 1393202.00/cwt202.00–202.007944
Steers—Medium and Large 1409196.77/cwt194.00–202.508056
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned422176.38/cwt170.00–177.5074421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433170.00/cwt170.00–170.007366
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned439205.00/cwt205.00–205.0090021
Steers—Medium and Large 1482192.08/cwt190.50–194.5092622
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned485185.50/cwt185.50–185.509005
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518161.51/cwt161.00–162.008376
Steers—Medium and Large 1524183.92/cwt175.00–193.0096496
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned541179.29/cwt169.00–184.2597044
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565174.73/cwt169.00–179.0098712
Steers—Medium and Large 1569174.51/cwt170.00–181.0099348
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2597161.18/cwt160.00–171.0096227
Steers—Medium and Large 1623164.14/cwt154.50–169.101,023145
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644146.50/cwt146.50–146.509434
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned663139.00/cwt139.00–139.009225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680143.15/cwt135.00–148.0097342
Steers—Medium and Large 1689157.60/cwt154.25–162.251,086151
Steers—Medium and Large 1720151.62/cwt150.00–154.501,092117
Steers—Large 1730138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,0114
Steers—Medium and Large 1793142.92/cwt139.00–150.751,133133
Steers—Medium and Large 1822140.45/cwt138.50–141.601,154191
Steers—Medium and Large 1866135.68/cwt131.75–138.351,175110
Steers—Medium and Large 1922133.93/cwt133.10–134.751,235117
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390158.04/cwt154.00–165.0061621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441147.15/cwt144.00–151.0064916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned446165.00/cwt165.00–165.0073621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned454159.00/cwt159.00–159.007229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482137.90/cwt135.00–140.006657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484154.40/cwt146.00–162.0074766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528148.93/cwt136.00–152.0078655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned530156.00/cwt156.00–156.0082716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned550150.00/cwt150.00–150.0082512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578134.87/cwt130.00–137.0078032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582147.66/cwt142.00–151.75859103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned590133.00/cwt133.00–133.007856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned605130.50/cwt130.50–130.5079011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610147.21/cwt138.25–151.7589857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy616154.25/cwt154.25–154.2595048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621133.02/cwt132.00–135.0082623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy652148.00/cwt148.00–148.0096532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668120.00/cwt120.00–120.008024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned671120.00/cwt120.00–120.008054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673138.17/cwt130.00–142.85930175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719132.55/cwt125.00–138.25953134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement726143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,03815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758128.56/cwt126.00–130.0097455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement770145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2787118.00/cwt118.00–118.009295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1955117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,1225

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.