Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-01-11

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Tue, Jan 11
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,903 head
▼ 848 vs last sale 2,751▼ 840 vs year ago 2,743 · −30.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday steers under 750 lbs. were steady to 3.00 lower; over 750 lbs. steady to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves under 650 lbs. sold 4.00-6.00 lower; over 650 lbs. 4.00 lower to 1.00 higher. 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 $168.76/cwt on 1,059 head.
Average price
$168.76
1,059 head · 699 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,179
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$279
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$32.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.06
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1702169.011,1871,002
Medium and Large 1-2605166.421,00753
Large 11,070137.001,4664thin
One grade step is worth $32.01/cwt here — about −$279 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 sale1,059 hd
168.76
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IA average13 barns · 16,989 hd
170.83
−2.06
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1388219.59/cwt212.50–222.508527
Steers—Medium and Large 1414219.18/cwt202.50–225.0090712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned425198.00/cwt198.00–198.008424
Steers—Medium and Large 1469202.71/cwt200.00–207.5095113
Steers—Medium and Large 1520199.58/cwt191.00–203.001,03811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533176.00/cwt176.00–176.009384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535168.00/cwt168.00–168.008995
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned553176.00/cwt176.00–176.009739
Steers—Medium and Large 1571185.58/cwt179.00–193.001,060134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0169
Steers—Medium and Large 1617175.22/cwt170.00–178.001,08137
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626162.33/cwt160.00–164.501,01616
Steers—Medium and Large 1669168.94/cwt159.50–173.001,130246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674154.68/cwt154.00–156.001,04312
Steers—Medium and Large 1725164.60/cwt159.00–168.501,193249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1323
Steers—Medium and Large 1785161.11/cwt160.00–162.501,26563
Steers—Medium and Large 1816159.11/cwt153.00–163.001,298165
Steers—Medium and Large 1904151.23/cwt141.00–152.251,36756
Steers—Large 11,070137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,4664
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned319157.50/cwt157.50–157.505024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned369161.00/cwt161.00–161.005945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409159.57/cwt159.00–160.006537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned422162.50/cwt162.50–162.5068613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned466154.00/cwt154.00–154.007188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490168.50/cwt168.50–168.5082611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512170.54/cwt169.00–171.5087336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535151.24/cwt150.00–151.5080923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572150.48/cwt150.00–151.008618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580154.52/cwt152.50–159.7589681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620149.02/cwt142.00–156.25924171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664138.00/cwt138.00–138.009167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669150.39/cwt144.00–154.751,00694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713152.34/cwt143.00–159.001,08693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733140.32/cwt140.00–140.501,02934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771142.25/cwt141.25–143.001,09753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1896138.62/cwt133.00–142.001,2428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1016
Heifers—Large 11,005130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3075

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.