Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-03-17

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 17
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,630 head
▲ 898 vs last sale 732▲ 1,630 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 750 lbs. were mostly 3.00 lower. The heavier steers did not have adequate numbers both weeks to compare. Heifers were 4.00-7.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $163.39/cwt on 760 head.
Average price
$163.39
760 head · 616 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,006
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.53
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1617164.251,013714
Medium and Large 1-2603150.1790646
One grade step is worth $14.08/cwt here — about $107 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 sale760 hd
163.39
—
IA average7 barns · 2,508 hd
153.86
+9.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365190.00/cwt190.00–190.006946
Steers—Medium and Large 1389230.00/cwt230.00–230.008954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2409194.00/cwt194.00–194.007934
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423209.50/cwt209.50–209.5088613
Steers—Medium and Large 1429218.60/cwt215.00–220.0093826
Steers—Medium and Large 1461218.09/cwt212.50–220.501,00529
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469184.69/cwt179.00–187.0086611
Steers—Medium and Large 1504201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532179.49/cwt175.00–190.0095519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned536174.00/cwt174.00–174.009334
Steers—Medium and Large 1572202.15/cwt194.25–207.751,15648
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned585175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590183.33/cwt171.00–188.001,08231
Steers—Medium and Large 1626191.40/cwt187.00–194.751,19832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,1386
Steers—Medium and Large 1671183.67/cwt179.00–193.001,23249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned713146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,0456
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729156.48/cwt152.00–158.001,14117
Steers—Medium and Large 1736166.93/cwt161.00–177.501,229129
Steers—Medium and Large 1786156.89/cwt155.00–157.501,23332
Steers—Medium and Large 1826153.54/cwt148.00–155.001,26894
Steers—Medium and Large 1876152.66/cwt148.50–153.501,33789
Steers—Medium and Large 1918141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,29758
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318198.00/cwt198.00–198.006304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned362197.00/cwt197.00–197.007135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364197.69/cwt195.00–199.007209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440186.88/cwt182.00–193.5082223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned462174.00/cwt174.00–174.008049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478184.96/cwt180.00–189.0088442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481171.00/cwt171.00–171.008234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537183.00/cwt183.00–183.0098312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned547160.00/cwt160.00–160.008757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned555153.00/cwt153.00–153.008495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576171.80/cwt164.75–181.0099060
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593153.20/cwt151.00–154.0090811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630161.63/cwt155.25–165.751,018390
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630138.14/cwt136.00–140.0087011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689155.15/cwt148.50–162.501,069102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2693144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,0014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716155.37/cwt147.00–158.251,11239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2749139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772139.91/cwt138.50–141.501,08019
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1498187.00/cwt187.00–187.009315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0488

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.