Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-11-18

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Nov 18
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,650 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 1,750▼ 689 vs year ago 2,339 · −29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer calves under 550 sold 10.00 higher while the heavier steers ended steady to 5.00 lower. The heifer calves under 650 lbs. were mostly 2.00 lower while the heavier heifers did not have enough to compare. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading 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 $171.83/cwt on 852 head.
Average price
$171.83
852 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$21.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.93
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580173.241,004711
Medium and Large 1-2532165.92883129
Medium 1541152.0082212thin
One grade step is worth $21.24/cwt here — about $182 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 sale852 hd
171.83
—
IA average11 barns · 6,889 hd
158.90
+12.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

58 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned340192.00/cwt192.00–192.006533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2351190.00/cwt190.00–190.006677
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned392209.48/cwt205.00–215.008219
Steers—Medium and Large 1393208.56/cwt197.50–220.008208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432179.90/cwt169.00–187.0077721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned444171.00/cwt171.00–171.0075913
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned446212.50/cwt212.50–212.5094811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy460205.00/cwt205.00–205.0094333
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned470181.00/cwt181.00–181.008518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471175.00/cwt175.00–175.0082414
Steers—Medium and Large 1487185.30/cwt177.00–189.0090249
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned509184.18/cwt175.75–189.5093771
Steers—Medium and Large 1533189.30/cwt179.00–190.501,00956
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534171.00/cwt171.00–171.009135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned538160.34/cwt152.00–170.0086313
Steers—Medium 1541152.00/cwt152.00–152.0082212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577160.74/cwt157.00–165.0092728
Steers—Medium and Large 1589172.65/cwt169.00–178.001,01776
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned592170.79/cwt165.00–172.751,011108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned606150.00/cwt150.00–150.009094
Steers—Medium and Large 1618161.93/cwt157.00–169.001,001105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622152.37/cwt148.50–156.0094814
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned626162.98/cwt157.00–170.001,02069
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned677149.13/cwt145.00–150.751,01034
Steers—Medium and Large 1692154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,06620
Steers—Medium and Large 1708146.25/cwt143.00–148.001,03515
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned717151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,08823
Steers—Medium and Large 1772160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,23713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778145.00/cwt143.50–146.001,12810
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345162.00/cwt162.00–162.005595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369161.00/cwt161.00–161.0059414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414151.96/cwt145.00–159.0062919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned416142.00/cwt142.00–142.005914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428155.69/cwt148.00–161.0066652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467150.44/cwt146.00–154.0070327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned484148.64/cwt141.00–153.0071944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513141.42/cwt140.00–145.0072525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement515170.50/cwt170.50–170.5087836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528147.90/cwt141.00–150.0078144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535135.00/cwt135.00–135.007223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2559134.87/cwt130.00–140.0075431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568149.06/cwt143.00–155.2584799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned573163.08/cwt155.50–165.0093429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned573146.00/cwt146.00–146.0083711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement594179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,06649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612148.48/cwt144.25–151.7590973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned616135.00/cwt135.00–135.0083212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624136.50/cwt136.50–136.508525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned631151.00/cwt151.00–151.0095326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650147.50/cwt147.50–147.509594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned672136.50/cwt136.50–136.5091718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1941137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,28914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1975135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3163
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470141.00/cwt141.00–141.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578140.38/cwt140.00–141.008115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1805119.00/cwt119.00–119.009586

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.