Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-10-28

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Oct 28
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,121 head
▼ 588 vs last sale 1,709▲ 187 vs year ago 934 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers weighing under 500 lbs sold on a light test, while those over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers overall sold steady to 2.00 higher on a light test. Buyer demand was moderate on a light sale supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.76/cwt on 539 head.
Average price
$145.76
539 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,049
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$8.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.70
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1774150.071,162214
Medium and Large 1-2559143.91805165
Large 1-2811141.891,151160
One grade step is worth $8.17/cwt here — about $11 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 sale539 hd
145.76
—
IA average6 barns · 2,128 hd
143.06
+2.70
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 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 1342208.00/cwt207.50–210.007115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2362187.44/cwt184.00–190.006799
Steers—Medium and Large 1382200.89/cwt197.50–202.507673
Steers—Medium and Large 1419189.38/cwt189.00–192.0079415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489178.14/cwt174.00–182.0087117
Steers—Medium and Large 1527176.42/cwt173.00–181.5093079
Steers—Medium and Large 1558176.00/cwt176.00–176.0098214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559171.00/cwt171.00–171.009567
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned581168.12/cwt168.00–169.0097754
Steers—Large 1596156.09/cwt155.50–156.5093022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned599156.00/cwt156.00–156.009347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603141.00/cwt141.00–141.008503
Steers—Medium and Large 1632163.03/cwt160.00–164.501,03051
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned634156.48/cwt150.00–158.5099235
Steers—Large 1Unweaned635150.00/cwt150.00–150.009534
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned656170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,11539
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676159.71/cwt158.50–160.751,08024
Steers—Large 1685140.00/cwt140.00–140.009594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,1083
Steers—Large 1719150.80/cwt147.00–155.001,08417
Steers—Medium and Large 1729160.41/cwt160.00–161.501,1697
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2808145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1722
Steers—Medium and Large 1814156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,27055
Steers—Large 1840138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1592
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2870144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2533
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323169.00/cwt169.00–169.005462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2337147.50/cwt147.50–147.504972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410148.00/cwt148.00–148.006072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1446160.00/cwt160.00–160.0071414
Heifers—Large 1-2471139.07/cwt136.00–141.006558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480158.69/cwt158.00–159.0076246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482150.82/cwt150.00–151.5072733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525139.92/cwt130.00–141.5073531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566145.42/cwt140.50–148.2582362
Heifers—Large 1-2572139.00/cwt139.00–139.0079510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590162.00/cwt162.00–162.0095622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607130.39/cwt130.00–133.007918
Heifers—Large 1-2634140.91/cwt135.00–144.0089332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678142.35/cwt142.00–143.0096514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned695130.00/cwt130.00–130.009046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0277
Heifers—Large 1-2753147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,10746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,1759
Heifers—Large 1-2883133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1944144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,35963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1982143.10/cwt143.10–143.101,40558
Heifers—Large 1-21,026139.73/cwt134.50–140.101,43462

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.