Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-11-03

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Nov 3
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,476 head
▼ 754 vs last sale 2,230▼ 274 vs year ago 1,750 · −15.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good offering of quality new crop spring calves and load lots of yearling heifers available for the active trade. Across all weights the market was steady compared to 10 -27 -2022.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.75/cwt on 657 head.
Average price
$168.75
657 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,126
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$285
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.26
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1676170.051,150604
Medium and Large 1-2562153.9286553
One grade step is worth $16.13/cwt here — about $285 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 sale657 hd
168.75
—
IA average9 barns · 3,610 hd
168.49
+0.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1358233.00/cwt233.00–233.0083415
Steers—Medium and Large 1425205.50/cwt200.00–213.0087314
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned440209.00/cwt209.00–209.009203
Steers—Medium and Large 1491216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0618
Steers—Medium and Large 1518198.74/cwt186.00–209.001,02936
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523178.08/cwt171.00–185.0093119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530180.63/cwt180.00–181.0095711
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned539206.33/cwt200.00–212.001,11238
Steers—Medium and Large 1571167.00/cwt167.00–167.009547
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned591189.13/cwt175.00–193.001,11897
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned614185.61/cwt172.00–188.501,14035
Steers—Medium and Large 1629179.76/cwt170.00–185.001,13176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635151.00/cwt151.00–151.009597
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy684176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,20420
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned686171.11/cwt170.00–171.501,17419
Steers—Medium and Large 1697169.74/cwt165.00–174.501,1836
Steers—Medium and Large 1734177.48/cwt173.50–181.501,30312
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned775167.25/cwt167.25–167.251,29613
Steers—Medium and Large 1780180.64/cwt163.00–181.751,40968
Steers—Medium and Large 1830183.25/cwt183.25–183.251,52130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1397171.93/cwt167.50–183.0068315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412174.53/cwt170.00–179.0071924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned481170.00/cwt170.00–170.0081811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned484170.24/cwt165.00–172.5082426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484158.02/cwt152.00–161.0076515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525168.24/cwt156.00–175.0088341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527162.16/cwt150.00–172.0085544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned569147.96/cwt140.00–155.0084225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574183.26/cwt168.00–185.001,05257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned585182.21/cwt177.50–185.001,06648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2604152.29/cwt151.00–153.0092017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619164.62/cwt159.00–185.001,01929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned623165.06/cwt163.00–170.001,02821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned654156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,02026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676179.75/cwt179.75–179.751,21510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720175.59/cwt174.00–176.251,26437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1838168.98/cwt168.75–169.751,41680
Heifers—Medium and Large 1876166.39/cwt153.50–167.251,45863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1934166.94/cwt166.25–169.501,55965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy968160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,5543
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2327230.00/cwt230.00–230.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2364230.00/cwt230.00–230.008378
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2489184.49/cwt183.00–185.5090215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522172.00/cwt172.00–172.008988
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563149.50/cwt149.50–149.5084210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600162.50/cwt162.50–162.5097510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2666159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0598
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2727162.75/cwt162.75–162.751,18310

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.