Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-04-14

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Apr 14
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
3,353 head
▲ 872 vs last sale 2,481▲ 1,511 vs year ago 1,842 · +82.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (3/31) steer calves steady to 5.00 lower , heifer calves firm with a weaker undertone. Trade active with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.53/cwt on 1,731 head.
Average price
$183.53
1,731 head · 629 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,155
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$33.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.17
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628185.661,1661,530
Medium and Large 1-2550173.91957138
Large 1832152.661,27063
One grade step is worth $33.01/cwt here — about −$104 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 sale1,731 hd
183.53
—
IA average8 barns · 8,086 hd
171.36
+12.17
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

59 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1293202.50/cwt202.50–202.505937
Steers—Large 1Unweaned300191.00/cwt191.00–191.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 1322225.99/cwt222.00–230.007288
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333184.25/cwt184.00–185.006148
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375202.94/cwt193.00–208.5076127
Steers—Medium and Large 1379226.63/cwt219.00–240.0085959
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned418230.27/cwt225.50–235.0096320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429207.50/cwt207.50–207.508904
Steers—Medium and Large 1433225.70/cwt210.00–247.5097753
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned463202.38/cwt196.00–206.5093742
Steers—Medium and Large 1477210.77/cwt201.00–225.001,00593
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy486191.00/cwt191.00–191.009287
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488190.41/cwt186.00–194.5092913
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned521201.28/cwt185.00–211.001,04934
Steers—Large 1Unweaned523182.13/cwt177.00–187.0095315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523180.24/cwt175.00–186.0094323
Steers—Medium and Large 1529202.53/cwt190.00–211.001,071117
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned564201.60/cwt201.00–202.001,13788
Steers—Medium and Large 1573195.25/cwt181.00–203.001,119123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589165.63/cwt158.00–171.0097620
Steers—Large 1Unweaned618174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,07513
Steers—Medium and Large 1626180.42/cwt176.00–190.001,129286
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed637196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,24916
Steers—Medium and Large 1672179.79/cwt171.50–186.001,208165
Steers—Medium and Large 1724166.02/cwt150.50–168.751,202179
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727146.12/cwt140.00–148.001,06243
Steers—Medium and Large 1760155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,17812
Steers—Medium and Large 1826152.93/cwt146.00–155.001,263108
Steers—Medium and Large 1952147.54/cwt145.50–149.101,405113
Steers—Large 11,032134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,38810
Steers—Large 11,113125.93/cwt125.50–126.501,40223
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1282176.48/cwt174.00–180.004987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323165.86/cwt161.00–170.0053613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327183.52/cwt182.00–184.006008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374164.33/cwt160.00–168.0061513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375178.92/cwt170.00–182.0067130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned392178.00/cwt178.00–178.006986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned402190.00/cwt190.00–190.0076411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421176.71/cwt169.00–184.00744119
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned444162.00/cwt162.00–162.007195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467172.66/cwt166.00–179.0080693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473157.83/cwt151.00–161.0074731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned511179.08/cwt177.00–181.0091579
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526173.73/cwt169.50–180.00914166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528157.62/cwt149.00–163.0083249
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned550153.00/cwt153.00–153.0084220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned553176.50/cwt176.50–176.5097620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed558177.46/cwt176.00–179.5099044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574149.85/cwt144.00–162.0086034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575162.29/cwt156.00–173.00933123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612159.03/cwt150.50–167.50973127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2647144.00/cwt144.00–144.009323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674149.90/cwt144.00–159.251,010144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726149.00/cwt143.00–156.501,08252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784142.36/cwt142.00–143.251,11634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823138.25/cwt137.75–139.501,138127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1897136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,22430
Heifers—Large 11,012126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2756
Heifers—Large 11,077128.26/cwt124.00–131.001,38110

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.