Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-04-15

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Apr 15
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,842 head
▲ 535 vs last sale 1,307▲ 1,842 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week lightweight steers were mostly steady to 4.00 lower, 800 pound steers were steady. Lightweight heifers were mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.00/cwt on 923 head.
Average price
$151.00
923 head · 729 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$29.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.87
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1714153.271,094816
Medium and Large 1-2639144.2192152
Large 11,049123.671,29755
One grade step is worth $29.61/cwt here — about −$203 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 sale923 hd
151.00
—
IA average9 barns · 7,097 hd
155.87
−4.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1306220.00/cwt220.00–220.006734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2353185.00/cwt185.00–185.006534
Steers—Medium and Large 1418186.90/cwt177.00–192.0078132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438152.00/cwt152.00–152.006663
Steers—Medium and Large 1477185.05/cwt182.50–196.5088343
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2501166.00/cwt166.00–166.008325
Steers—Medium and Large 1516179.08/cwt171.00–188.5092478
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned559152.00/cwt152.00–152.008505
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563163.00/cwt163.00–163.009183
Steers—Medium and Large 1572172.19/cwt169.50–180.5098557
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008619
Steers—Medium and Large 1619158.38/cwt156.75–163.0098058
Steers—Medium and Large 1669159.23/cwt150.00–164.751,06557
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682140.00/cwt140.00–140.009553
Steers—Medium and Large 1730150.35/cwt142.50–153.351,098114
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned759135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0254
Steers—Medium and Large 1771146.17/cwt138.00–154.501,12731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2793127.06/cwt120.00–132.001,00817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2813128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0413
Steers—Medium and Large 1817140.11/cwt135.75–144.001,145146
Steers—Medium and Large 1874134.18/cwt130.00–137.001,173128
Steers—Medium and Large 1921130.72/cwt130.60–132.501,20464
Steers—Large 11,021126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,28645
Steers—Large 11,103109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,2083
Steers—Large 11,202114.75/cwt114.75–114.751,3797
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340141.00/cwt141.00–141.004793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362167.00/cwt167.00–167.006057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423149.00/cwt149.00–149.006303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434162.31/cwt159.00–166.0070418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474156.75/cwt147.00–162.0074360
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475142.57/cwt140.00–145.0067713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned476145.00/cwt145.00–145.006905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521144.99/cwt138.00–149.0075558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy571173.11/cwt170.00–182.0098836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575141.90/cwt137.50–149.5081641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618147.70/cwt140.00–156.0091389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630127.00/cwt127.00–127.008009
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671142.48/cwt136.00–149.5095637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681129.34/cwt125.00–132.008818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned723122.00/cwt122.00–122.008823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726138.99/cwt130.00–145.001,009168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733126.00/cwt126.00–126.009248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1791131.23/cwt129.75–138.501,03883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2797124.50/cwt124.50–124.509925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886125.25/cwt125.25–125.251,11013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1911124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,13414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420167.13/cwt159.00–175.007026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1494158.76/cwt150.00–164.007848
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571150.00/cwt150.00–150.008574
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625132.00/cwt132.00–132.008253

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.