Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-09-01

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Sep 1
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,344 head
▲ 300 vs last sale 1,044▲ 1,344 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend established with previous recorded auction more than 30 days prior. Many large groups and load lots. Demand good and active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.25/cwt on 692 head.
Average price
$174.25
692 head · 714 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,244
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$405
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.39
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2469181.6085325
Medium and Large 1723173.981,258667
One grade step is worth $7.62/cwt here — about −$405 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 sale692 hd
174.25
—
IA average6 barns · 3,700 hd
176.64
−2.39
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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418194.89/cwt182.00–207.0081510
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned446216.00/cwt216.00–216.009637
Steers—Medium and Large 1485218.47/cwt210.00–220.001,06020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496184.50/cwt184.50–184.509158
Steers—Medium and Large 1545202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1016
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy576205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,18433
Steers—Medium and Large 1592199.01/cwt191.00–203.001,17818
Steers—Medium and Large 1605192.09/cwt186.00–194.001,16217
Steers—Medium and Large 1670188.78/cwt182.00–190.501,26547
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy677187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,26914
Steers—Medium and Large 1713186.14/cwt185.50–187.501,32765
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy725186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3495
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy751184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,38633
Steers—Medium and Large 1767177.69/cwt165.00–185.001,36329
Steers—Medium and Large 1805187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,5059
Steers—Medium and Large 1853180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,5407
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy884180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,59155
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy914174.35/cwt174.35–174.351,59421
Steers—Medium and Large 1942167.25/cwt167.25–167.251,57512
Steers—Medium and Large 1984159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,5695
Steers—Medium and Large 11,193141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,6824
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2361183.00/cwt183.00–183.006616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned387186.00/cwt186.00–186.0072012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2403170.00/cwt170.00–170.006855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430180.00/cwt180.00–180.0077411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460182.00/cwt182.00–182.008375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481192.00/cwt192.00–192.009248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513189.00/cwt189.00–189.0097011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,06423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629182.17/cwt181.00–190.001,146119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677173.81/cwt167.00–180.001,17748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724175.35/cwt171.75–176.501,270125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy749171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,28510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771170.98/cwt168.00–172.251,318144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy799168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,34635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement809170.10/cwt170.10–170.101,37634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820170.25/cwt170.25–170.251,39638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873163.97/cwt160.00–165.001,43120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy923158.33/cwt156.00–160.001,46112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1934156.94/cwt149.50–169.001,46613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,115138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,5394
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,140137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,5623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428207.50/cwt207.50–207.5088812

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.