Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-12-01

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Dec 1
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
3,519 head
▲ 1,449 vs last sale 2,070▲ 2,388 vs year ago 1,131 · +211.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Great offering of quality new crop spring calves for the active trade today. Fleshy 400-500 weight new crop spring calves were 4 -5 lower compared to auction results of 11-17-2022. Yearling trade was steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.88/cwt on 1,958 head.
Average price
$195.88
1,958 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,243
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.62
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1637196.091,2491,889
Medium and Large 1-2563189.951,06969
One grade step is worth $6.14/cwt here — about $180 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 sale1,958 hd
195.88
—
IA average8 barns · 8,164 hd
191.26
+4.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

67 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1364244.64/cwt237.50–255.0089010
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned417253.82/cwt240.00–260.001,05819
Steers—Medium and Large 1418217.52/cwt210.00–227.5090921
Steers—Medium and Large 1469237.47/cwt220.00–246.001,114138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473202.00/cwt202.00–202.009553
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned476234.67/cwt226.00–240.001,11728
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned495196.69/cwt193.00–204.0097415
Steers—Medium and Large 1520230.81/cwt220.00–244.001,200173
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned533199.83/cwt186.00–210.001,06525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534202.00/cwt185.00–215.501,07929
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned573201.61/cwt193.00–206.001,15534
Steers—Medium and Large 1576204.95/cwt188.00–219.001,181161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,1106
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy597196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,17049
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy611189.75/cwt189.75–189.751,15945
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612160.00/cwt160.00–160.009795
Steers—Medium and Large 1624190.54/cwt181.00–196.251,189272
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned631181.69/cwt177.00–185.751,14688
Steers—Medium and Large 1667184.53/cwt175.00–187.751,231288
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670174.71/cwt169.00–179.001,17130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,1765
Steers—Medium and Large 1725179.66/cwt176.00–190.001,303178
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy739175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,29343
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2749150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1246
Steers—Medium and Large 1769175.15/cwt168.00–180.001,347139
Steers—Medium and Large 1828173.50/cwt150.00–177.001,43732
Steers—Medium and Large 1867179.87/cwt175.50–181.501,559103
Steers—Medium and Large 1916168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,54313
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned340196.00/cwt196.00–196.006664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345187.00/cwt187.00–187.006454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364184.00/cwt184.00–184.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372182.76/cwt175.00–189.5068020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned382189.62/cwt176.00–193.0072421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422184.59/cwt184.00–185.0077937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432183.32/cwt182.50–184.0079218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned444186.00/cwt186.00–186.0082610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned467155.00/cwt155.00–155.007246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481171.21/cwt169.50–173.0082430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484184.80/cwt171.00–201.00894142
Heifers—Medium 1488170.00/cwt170.00–170.008306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned492171.82/cwt168.00–174.5084529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy496170.00/cwt170.00–170.0084322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520176.20/cwt167.00–187.00916191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned531165.91/cwt159.00–169.5088152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533160.04/cwt156.00–170.0085313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned552170.00/cwt170.00–170.009387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy555191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,06053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572183.86/cwt168.00–197.501,052123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579160.09/cwt152.00–167.0092750
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586167.50/cwt167.50–167.509827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy615164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,00941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615155.53/cwt153.00–158.0095722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618164.03/cwt151.00–168.501,01477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement635169.70/cwt168.50–171.001,07842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement663161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,06718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674160.42/cwt151.00–167.001,08188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711158.15/cwt155.25–162.001,12442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771164.22/cwt158.00–169.501,26629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,34120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1853163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,3953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1958156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,4947
Heifers—Large 11,003154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,5454
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned501185.00/cwt185.00–185.009278
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569152.00/cwt152.00–152.008655
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned594166.00/cwt166.00–166.0098610

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.