Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-02-10

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
3,585 head
▲ 1,233 vs last sale 2,352▲ 2,090 vs year ago 1,495 · +139.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago light steers were sharply higher, while the heavy steers were mostly 3.00-10.00 higher. The heifer calves under 650 lbs. were 2.00-3.00 higher; 650-800 lb. heifers 4.00-6.00 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 $179.23/cwt on 1,926 head.
Average price
$179.23
1,926 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,202
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.09
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1674179.581,2111,767
Medium and Large 1-2628175.361,101159
One grade step is worth $4.22/cwt here — about $110 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 sale1,926 hd
179.23
—
IA average10 barns · 10,891 hd
174.14
+5.09
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 1366215.77/cwt215.00–217.5079021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411204.00/cwt204.00–204.008384
Steers—Medium and Large 1428215.01/cwt209.00–229.0092044
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned485184.00/cwt184.00–184.008926
Steers—Medium and Large 1486218.84/cwt210.00–224.501,06465
Steers—Medium and Large 1520203.00/cwt195.00–210.001,05697
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned539200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,07817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned560180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0086
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577186.99/cwt176.00–193.501,07930
Steers—Medium and Large 1580199.15/cwt194.00–214.501,155245
Steers—Medium and Large 1623192.79/cwt180.00–197.751,201254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640176.35/cwt174.00–179.501,12963
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664165.66/cwt155.00–170.001,10036
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670167.75/cwt167.75–167.751,12410
Steers—Medium and Large 1681170.26/cwt162.50–175.251,159278
Steers—Medium and Large 1708171.16/cwt162.50–175.501,212210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,16714
Steers—Medium and Large 1782159.67/cwt154.00–164.251,249303
Steers—Medium and Large 1823155.49/cwt150.00–160.001,28079
Steers—Medium and Large 1880157.16/cwt156.75–158.251,383144
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392181.02/cwt175.00–187.007106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412191.12/cwt181.00–198.0078744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443175.00/cwt175.00–175.007758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487181.96/cwt172.00–189.25886114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2499168.00/cwt168.00–168.008385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512163.50/cwt163.50–163.5083717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522177.88/cwt172.00–190.00929161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563153.00/cwt153.00–153.0086113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577168.63/cwt160.00–176.00973266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577155.23/cwt151.00–158.0089640
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620160.75/cwt153.00–163.75997325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628146.00/cwt146.00–146.009177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678156.44/cwt149.00–159.751,061200
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681140.00/cwt140.00–140.009534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned685139.50/cwt139.50–139.5095612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement694159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,10352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720154.71/cwt148.00–159.001,11475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772150.88/cwt143.00–155.001,16541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2875125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1903127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1477

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.