Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-07-15

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jul 15
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,393 head
▲ 393 vs last sale 2,000▲ 1,164 vs year ago 1,229 · +94.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. 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 $158.50/cwt on 1,085 head.
Average price
$158.50
1,085 head · 735 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.90
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1738159.161,1751,016
Medium and Large 1-2679148.801,01069
One grade step is worth $10.36/cwt here — about $165 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 sale1,085 hd
158.50
—
IA average5 barns · 2,214 hd
151.60
+6.90
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 1401191.00/cwt191.00–191.007669
Steers—Medium and Large 1461195.09/cwt186.00–197.0089921
Steers—Medium and Large 1514183.83/cwt176.00–190.009457
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536166.32/cwt165.00–168.008919
Steers—Medium and Large 1566172.71/cwt166.00–183.0097841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569159.00/cwt159.00–159.009054
Steers—Medium and Large 1625174.18/cwt163.00–176.251,089145
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635151.64/cwt140.50–157.2596335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2653151.00/cwt151.00–151.009863
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned660156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0303
Steers—Medium and Large 1682164.90/cwt157.00–166.501,125133
Steers—Medium and Large 1725157.39/cwt153.00–164.251,141154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0703
Steers—Medium and Large 1776155.38/cwt144.00–158.001,206178
Steers—Medium and Large 1824147.73/cwt141.00–154.251,217167
Steers—Medium and Large 1872150.49/cwt145.00–152.751,312136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2882130.47/cwt130.00–131.001,15115
Steers—Medium and Large 1921129.20/cwt129.00–129.501,19010
Steers—Medium and Large 1960128.37/cwt127.50–131.001,23212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338149.00/cwt149.00–149.005044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419160.95/cwt160.00–167.0067421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474163.74/cwt157.00–165.0077638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532147.76/cwt146.00–150.007867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535156.36/cwt154.00–160.008379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576144.00/cwt144.00–144.0082912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580160.73/cwt155.00–162.0093268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608137.50/cwt135.00–139.0083612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629154.91/cwt146.00–161.00974146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2682135.02/cwt134.00–136.009218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684151.47/cwt141.00–154.001,036153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2717137.00/cwt137.00–137.009823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721149.08/cwt140.00–152.251,075237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766151.28/cwt140.00–153.001,15940
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826141.53/cwt140.00–147.001,16971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1899131.25/cwt131.25–131.251,18057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1923132.60/cwt132.60–132.601,22455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1970128.79/cwt125.75–131.851,24999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2985110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0847
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374183.00/cwt183.00–183.006844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473175.00/cwt175.00–175.008285
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,162106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,2326

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.