Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-10-13

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Oct 13
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,346 head
▼ 768 vs last sale 2,114▲ 1,346 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Many large groups of yearling steers/heifers selling in load lots. Nice offering of new crop spring calves also available for the active trade. Compared to auction results from 9-29-2022, 700 - 800 heifers are called steady to up $3.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.47/cwt on 593 head.
Average price
$185.47
593 head · 750 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,391
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$28.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.09
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726188.751,370520
Medium and Large 1-2733165.841,21522
Large 11,004160.501,61151
One grade step is worth $28.25/cwt here — about −$241 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 sale593 hd
185.47
—
IA average7 barns · 3,687 hd
183.38
+2.09
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned403216.00/cwt216.00–216.008706
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy445221.00/cwt221.00–221.009839
Steers—Medium and Large 1464202.75/cwt195.50–211.0094119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned484213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,03110
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned510204.14/cwt204.00–204.501,04118
Steers—Medium and Large 1517201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0393
Steers—Medium and Large 1578186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0758
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned593183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0857
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2606176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,06712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned608170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0346
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy623187.94/cwt187.00–190.001,17125
Steers—Medium and Large 1627205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,28520
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned650182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,18319
Steers—Medium and Large 1691194.25/cwt194.25–194.251,34272
Steers—Medium and Large 1711187.66/cwt171.00–190.001,33443
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy761194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,48030
Steers—Medium and Large 1776176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,37030
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy820186.25/cwt186.25–186.251,52761
Steers—Medium and Large 1845181.75/cwt181.75–181.751,53638
Steers—Medium and Large 1873180.38/cwt171.00–182.001,57575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2885153.65/cwt153.50–154.001,36010
Steers—Medium and Large 1917171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,56811
Steers—Medium and Large 1967169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,63910
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,004160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,61151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned339175.00/cwt175.00–175.005937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned435182.00/cwt182.00–182.007927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439181.00/cwt181.00–181.007956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473174.00/cwt174.00–174.008238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned492175.07/cwt174.00–176.0086115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517179.58/cwt172.00–198.0092810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540165.00/cwt165.00–165.0089118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned558169.50/cwt169.50–169.509467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement559176.00/cwt176.00–176.009845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590176.59/cwt160.00–180.751,04255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement604164.00/cwt164.00–164.0099113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623150.00/cwt150.00–150.0093517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy669179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,20118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1079
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726163.08/cwt161.00–163.501,18454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1792170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,34625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement808172.25/cwt172.25–172.251,39216
Heifers—Large 1913159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924164.35/cwt163.25–165.351,519180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1986156.75/cwt156.75–156.751,54656
Heifers—Large 11,290143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,8454
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538180.00/cwt180.00–180.009683
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1677155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0497

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.