Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-03-31

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 31
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,481 head
▲ 851 vs last sale 1,630▼ 123 vs year ago 2,604 · −4.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison. Compared to two weeks ago, Feeder Steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder Heifers 400-600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, above 600 lbs sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.18/cwt on 1,130 head.
Average price
$168.18
1,130 head · 731 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,229
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$327
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$39.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.95
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2610174.871,066256
Medium and Large 1751167.951,262828
Large 11,031135.121,39346
One grade step is worth $39.74/cwt here — about −$327 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 sale1,130 hd
168.18
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IA average6 barns · 4,098 hd
171.13
−2.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1383245.81/cwt245.50–247.009419
Steers—Medium and Large 1410220.00/cwt220.00–220.009023
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned424205.00/cwt205.00–205.008694
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2439200.00/cwt200.00–200.008787
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481202.89/cwt200.00–207.5097620
Steers—Medium and Large 1486215.87/cwt215.00–218.001,04921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned493194.00/cwt194.00–194.009568
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy521222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,1579
Steers—Medium and Large 1525202.92/cwt200.00–210.001,06510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2546181.31/cwt181.00–181.5099016
Steers—Medium and Large 1567207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1748
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579180.37/cwt169.00–184.001,04465
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned613161.50/cwt161.50–161.5099013
Steers—Medium and Large 1618195.07/cwt185.00–199.001,20672
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620178.04/cwt176.50–180.001,10445
Steers—Medium and Large 1673179.31/cwt174.75–184.251,20737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677162.92/cwt155.00–169.751,10359
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2709152.85/cwt151.00–156.001,08411
Steers—Medium and Large 1716169.24/cwt161.00–174.501,212187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned730139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0154
Steers—Medium and Large 1781162.06/cwt157.00–165.501,266221
Steers—Medium and Large 1814159.23/cwt151.50–164.001,296102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2821146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,2018
Steers—Medium and Large 1880142.41/cwt139.25–144.001,25363
Steers—Medium and Large 1926144.85/cwt144.85–144.851,34164
Steers—Medium and Large 1962140.63/cwt140.00–141.501,35318
Steers—Large 11,003138.02/cwt137.50–138.251,38432
Steers—Large 11,095128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,40714
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427188.66/cwt182.50–199.0080615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475163.00/cwt163.00–163.007746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486182.05/cwt178.00–185.0088512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513173.92/cwt170.50–178.2589231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525158.89/cwt148.00–164.0083471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned574161.00/cwt161.00–161.009246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579167.23/cwt162.00–177.7596864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585159.00/cwt159.00–159.0093021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622162.85/cwt156.00–169.001,013141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624144.61/cwt144.00–145.0090210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668157.56/cwt150.00–166.001,053231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673139.46/cwt137.00–143.0093910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2708139.66/cwt135.00–143.0098921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726150.89/cwt147.75–156.251,095186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775140.95/cwt138.00–144.001,09252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827140.10/cwt138.00–141.001,15930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858136.10/cwt133.00–141.501,16811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1933130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2135
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1494195.00/cwt195.00–195.009639
Bulls—Medium and Large 1548177.00/cwt177.00–177.009705

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.