Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-01-27

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 27
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,352 head
▲ 349 vs last sale 2,003▲ 948 vs year ago 1,404 · +67.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers weighing less than 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, while those more than 600 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Heifers overall sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Buyer demand was good for a moderate sale supply. Offering included a heavy supply of reputation, long time weaned steers and heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.28/cwt on 1,331 head.
Average price
$173.28
1,331 head · 668 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$148
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$13.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.53
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2606176.851,072106
Medium and Large 1668173.571,1601,150
Large 1744163.801,21975
One grade step is worth $13.05/cwt here — about −$148 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 sale1,331 hd
173.28
—
IA average12 barns · 11,811 hd
167.76
+5.53
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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1387217.00/cwt217.00–217.008406
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434195.17/cwt188.00–198.008477
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned434195.00/cwt195.00–195.008465
Steers—Medium and Large 1448215.00/cwt215.00–215.009633
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added462213.50/cwt211.50–215.5098618
Steers—Medium and Large 1478205.35/cwt201.00–210.0098239
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483185.75/cwt180.00–189.0089715
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added522204.30/cwt203.00–205.001,06652
Steers—Medium and Large 1532197.88/cwt190.00–200.001,05351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned553180.00/cwt180.00–180.0099512
Steers—Medium and Large 1581188.58/cwt180.00–192.251,09683
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added585186.02/cwt185.00–186.251,08859
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593184.52/cwt179.00–186.501,09433
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added618180.00/cwt175.00–181.501,11235
Steers—Medium and Large 1623177.35/cwt168.50–181.751,10547
Steers—Large 1Value Added630177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,11538
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640151.00/cwt151.00–151.009664
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned657164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,07725
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added665174.25/cwt160.00–176.751,159144
Steers—Medium and Large 1678166.93/cwt161.00–172.001,132116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,16411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added734164.02/cwt163.25–166.751,20481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735161.52/cwt159.50–163.251,18724
Steers—Medium and Large 1736158.84/cwt150.00–162.501,169165
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added753159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,19721
Steers—Large 1759158.25/cwt158.25–158.251,20120
Steers—Medium and Large 1773159.24/cwt153.00–160.001,23165
Steers—Medium and Large 1815156.40/cwt151.25–159.851,275135
Steers—Large 1938146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,3696
Steers—Large 11,008138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,39111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431178.89/cwt178.00–179.5077110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443169.57/cwt168.50–170.0075121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480179.23/cwt173.50–182.7586043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485160.64/cwt156.00–170.5077922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521176.33/cwt170.00–181.0091957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533151.76/cwt144.00–159.5080922
Heifers—Large 1Value Added534174.00/cwt174.00–174.0092947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added539178.75/cwt178.75–178.7596358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569166.90/cwt159.00–168.7595094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added582169.50/cwt169.50–169.5098624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586147.62/cwt141.00–152.5086522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607144.29/cwt141.00–149.0087621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615141.00/cwt141.00–141.0086715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added618160.99/cwt160.50–161.5099520
Heifers—Large 1Value Added623150.00/cwt150.00–150.0093524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624157.59/cwt152.50–161.2598357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664148.50/cwt148.50–148.509867
Heifers—Large 1669145.21/cwt145.00–145.5097117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670146.69/cwt136.00–153.7598396
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671152.05/cwt145.00–156.501,02063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724149.53/cwt148.50–150.501,08342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726137.14/cwt135.00–141.0099613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added751143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,07816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774145.41/cwt140.00–147.001,12518
Heifers—Large 1835141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,17711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861142.42/cwt139.00–142.751,22623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2461150.00/cwt150.00–150.0069210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519144.00/cwt144.00–144.007475

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.