Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-08-04

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Aug 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,044 head
▼ 534 vs last sale 1,578▲ 1,044 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend established with previous sale more than three weeks prior. Active trade with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.98/cwt on 461 head.
Average price
$169.98
461 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,141
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$531
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$47.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.27
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2466185.8886748
Medium and Large 1690168.651,163406
Large 11,009138.501,3977thin
One grade step is worth $47.38/cwt here — about −$531 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 sale461 hd
169.98
—
IA average6 barns · 1,451 hd
160.71
+9.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469165.00/cwt165.00–165.007745
Steers—Medium and Large 1481209.36/cwt207.50–210.001,00716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2549188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0327
Steers—Medium and Large 1590184.96/cwt175.00–189.001,09126
Steers—Medium and Large 1640185.68/cwt180.00–200.001,18814
Steers—Medium and Large 1659181.72/cwt173.00–200.001,19822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1906
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy700174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,21831
Steers—Medium and Large 1714166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,1898
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2753156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1756
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy770170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,31331
Steers—Medium and Large 1792179.00/cwt160.00–182.601,41891
Steers—Medium and Large 1821169.37/cwt164.00–174.501,39129
Steers—Medium and Large 1867156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,3578
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy885171.25/cwt171.25–171.251,51664
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy904156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,41522
Steers—Medium and Large 1914152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,3944
Steers—Large 1925164.25/cwt164.25–164.251,5196
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,051159.60/cwt159.60–159.601,67755
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368202.50/cwt202.50–202.507459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed416188.50/cwt188.50–188.5078419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516180.68/cwt174.00–188.0093217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536182.00/cwt182.00–182.009767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558178.50/cwt178.50–178.5099610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1589178.16/cwt173.50–184.001,04931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613153.00/cwt153.00–153.009383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633172.53/cwt169.00–184.001,09296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669172.78/cwt169.00–175.251,15647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715163.51/cwt151.00–175.001,16980
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy725171.75/cwt171.75–171.751,24578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy833152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,26647
Heifers—Large 11,009138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,3977

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.