Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-05-12

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, May 12
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
3,118 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 3,130▲ 3,118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers 450-550 pounds were 3.00 to sharply higher, 600-700 pound steers 1.00 lower to sharply higher. Heifers 500-600 pounds were 1.00 to sharply higher, 650 pound heifers 6.00 lower. Many large groups today. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $193.23/cwt on 1,241 head.
Average price
$193.23
1,241 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,106
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.84
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574196.911,1301,013
Medium and Large 1-2567176.881,003228
One grade step is worth $20.03/cwt here — about $126 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 sale1,241 hd
193.23
—
IA average6 barns · 5,679 hd
180.39
+12.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 1296240.00/cwt240.00–240.007108
Steers—Medium and Large 1349231.00/cwt231.00–231.008068
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365181.00/cwt181.00–181.006613
Steers—Medium and Large 1380222.63/cwt212.00–232.0084619
Steers—Medium and Large 1410219.02/cwt205.00–227.0089845
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned422202.20/cwt200.00–203.0085320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437180.00/cwt180.00–180.007875
Steers—Medium and Large 1474215.01/cwt205.00–221.001,01994
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned479204.00/cwt204.00–204.009776
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496182.36/cwt182.00–183.0090514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526178.44/cwt169.00–198.5093932
Steers—Medium and Large 1534213.36/cwt204.00–224.001,139237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569178.40/cwt168.00–182.501,015129
Steers—Medium and Large 1580196.05/cwt188.00–206.501,137176
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned617169.42/cwt164.00–175.001,04528
Steers—Medium and Large 1629186.32/cwt176.50–195.001,172104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637170.92/cwt156.00–174.501,08937
Steers—Medium and Large 1658181.40/cwt171.50–184.001,194189
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned664158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0494
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0864
Steers—Medium and Large 1728162.45/cwt159.00–170.501,18362
Steers—Medium and Large 1771154.32/cwt149.00–157.001,19014
Steers—Medium and Large 1915143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,3083
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned318165.00/cwt165.00–165.005256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2348176.50/cwt176.00–177.006146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned353165.00/cwt165.00–165.005823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378171.00/cwt171.00–171.0064610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383186.38/cwt182.50–188.0071419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414164.34/cwt155.00–167.0068022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423185.16/cwt183.00–187.0078340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474181.23/cwt173.00–185.5085948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475154.24/cwt152.00–160.0073327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478167.00/cwt167.00–167.007988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520176.59/cwt169.00–184.00918121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned530158.02/cwt155.00–163.0083852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2541163.71/cwt150.00–167.0088664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569169.33/cwt161.25–178.50963126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584153.61/cwt146.00–157.00897113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned585150.55/cwt147.00–153.0088133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621149.26/cwt141.00–150.0092759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623156.31/cwt153.00–165.0097497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned656140.00/cwt140.00–140.0091829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665152.93/cwt144.00–157.251,017151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694138.00/cwt138.00–138.009589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1753142.75/cwt142.75–142.751,0758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1103

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.