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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 24

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Feb 10Feb 24Mar 3 →

Receipts

1,213 head

▼ 2,372 vs last sale 3,585▼ 1,667 vs year ago 2,880 · −57.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers under 750 lbs. ended mixed; over 750 lbs. mostly 4.00 lower. Heifers under 650 lbs. ended mixed; over 650 lbs. mostly 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.79/cwt on 647 head.

Average price

$157.79

647 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$16.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.24

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	671	160.29	1,075	548
Medium and Large 1-2	690	143.98	994	99

One grade step is worth $16.30/cwt here — about $81 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 sale647 hd

157.79

—

IA average11 barns · 7,415 hd

159.04

−1.24

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	205.63/cwt	199.00–208.00	1,100	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,033	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	173.11/cwt	172.50–175.00	1,104	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	183.61/cwt	177.00–187.00	1,177	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	171.52/cwt	169.00–182.00	1,171	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	158.76/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,145	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,148	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	154.79/cwt	149.00–165.50	1,181	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,248	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,291	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	897	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,292	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	718	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	760	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	178.31/cwt	175.50–180.75	863	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	181.32/cwt	180.00–187.00	957	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	907	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	146.52/cwt	140.00–151.00	842	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	592	159.07/cwt	157.75–166.00	942	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	930	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	160.72/cwt	156.00–164.25	988	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	146.92/cwt	145.50–148.00	989	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	159.16/cwt	150.00–163.50	1,089	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	160.37/cwt	157.50–163.50	1,143	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,063	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	143.18/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,090	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	137.99/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,058	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	896	137.73/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,234	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	897	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,144	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,254	4

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Thu Feb 24, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,213Last week 3,585Year ago 2,880

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	181.00	181.00
4	—	378	190.00	190.00
28	—	761	140.00–150.00	143.18
36	—	592	157.75–166.00	159.07
43	—	528	180.00–187.00	181.32
45	—	484	175.50–180.75	178.31
61	—	615	156.00–164.25	160.72
132	—	684	150.00–163.50	159.16
140	—	713	157.50–163.50	160.37
56	—	896	134.00–138.00	137.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	673	145.50–148.00	146.92
26	—	575	140.00–151.00	146.52
17	—	767	135.00–140.00	137.99
6	—	721	147.50	147.50
4	—	995	126.00	126.00
5	—	540	168.00	168.00
8	—	612	152.00	152.00
10	—	897	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	535	199.00–208.00	205.63
109	—	763	149.00–165.50	154.79
41	—	641	177.00–187.00	183.61
76	—	683	169.00–182.00	171.52
30	—	824	151.50	151.50
41	—	721	157.00–160.00	158.76
13	—	855	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	742	154.75	154.75
35	—	638	172.50–175.00	173.11
21	—	897	144.00	144.00
3	—	538	192.00	192.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.