Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-01-13

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 13
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
3,077 head
▲ 1,174 vs last sale 1,903▲ 334 vs year ago 2,743 · +12.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Tuesdays auction, steer calves under 700 lbs. sold 4.00-5.00 higher; 700-800 lbs. 2.00-4.00 higher. Heifer calves under 650 lbs. mostly 7.00-9.00 higher; 650-800 lbs. mostly 2.00 higher. Demand was good for the heavy 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 $176.17/cwt on 1,516 head.
Average price
$176.17
1,516 head · 648 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,141
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.85
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1654177.811,1641,287
Medium and Large 1-2611166.951,021229
One grade step is worth $10.87/cwt here — about $143 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 sale1,516 hd
176.17
—
IA average12 barns · 16,286 hd
170.33
+5.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373206.11/cwt200.00–211.007697
Steers—Medium and Large 1407205.00/cwt205.00–205.008347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424175.00/cwt175.00–175.007426
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned444194.86/cwt185.00–198.0086525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472185.41/cwt183.00–190.0087511
Steers—Medium and Large 1476203.18/cwt198.00–210.0096757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned479176.00/cwt176.00–176.008439
Steers—Medium and Large 1532202.17/cwt196.00–206.001,07689
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535184.81/cwt180.00–186.0098961
Steers—Medium and Large 1565190.97/cwt183.50–196.001,079132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581176.98/cwt174.00–180.001,02810
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,01413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618159.78/cwt155.00–168.0098756
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned620155.00/cwt155.00–155.009614
Steers—Medium and Large 1632178.93/cwt175.85–183.101,131417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671151.20/cwt148.00–157.501,01518
Steers—Medium and Large 1672172.98/cwt161.75–177.751,162157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717154.77/cwt153.00–156.001,11028
Steers—Medium and Large 1726169.16/cwt161.00–173.001,228146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780149.66/cwt149.00–151.001,16726
Steers—Medium and Large 1781162.86/cwt156.75–166.101,272144
Steers—Medium and Large 1809157.93/cwt154.50–159.751,27825
Steers—Medium and Large 1867153.75/cwt150.25–159.001,33329
Steers—Medium and Large 1919148.46/cwt146.00–154.001,36439
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned360168.00/cwt168.00–168.006055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2361163.49/cwt163.00–164.0059010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390176.00/cwt176.00–176.006863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423173.04/cwt166.00–180.0073244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423165.00/cwt165.00–165.0069816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472155.67/cwt148.00–161.0073518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481171.37/cwt168.50–178.0082455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525171.48/cwt164.00–177.25900172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned552153.50/cwt153.50–153.5084717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569163.79/cwt158.00–171.00932317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570148.55/cwt147.00–150.0084720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned584146.00/cwt146.00–146.008536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610132.00/cwt132.00–132.008056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637155.76/cwt147.00–159.75992213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683152.07/cwt145.50–156.251,039149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684138.98/cwt135.00–142.0095151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710148.93/cwt145.25–154.001,05737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731133.00/cwt130.00–138.009728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757144.76/cwt135.00–148.251,09640
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816134.12/cwt132.00–141.001,09433
Heifers—Large 11,124118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,3264
Heifers—Large 11,299116.75/cwt116.75–116.751,5176
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467140.00/cwt140.00–140.006543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1581129.00/cwt129.00–129.007494

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.