Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-01-03

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Tue, Jan 3
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,589 head
▼ 525 vs last sale 3,114▲ 2,589 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Great offering of quality yearlings and weaned calves for today's active trade. Previous feeder calf auction was on 12-15-22 so not reporting trend/comparisons today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $182.01/cwt on 1,185 head.
Average price
$182.01
1,185 head · 698 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,271
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.58
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1701182.401,2781,147
Medium and Large 1-2627170.191,06738
One grade step is worth $12.21/cwt here — about $211 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 sale1,185 hd
182.01
—
IA average7 barns · 8,850 hd
189.59
−7.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1377211.20/cwt210.00–212.5079610
Steers—Medium and Large 1433210.00/cwt210.00–210.009093
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462180.00/cwt180.00–180.008325
Steers—Medium and Large 1479199.76/cwt188.00–214.0095743
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned529172.73/cwt170.00–175.009149
Steers—Medium and Large 1532198.63/cwt181.00–210.001,05736
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned564170.00/cwt170.00–170.0095918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570169.23/cwt164.00–177.0096510
Steers—Medium and Large 1575203.50/cwt191.00–210.001,170146
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy592195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1548
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619172.73/cwt165.00–178.001,06910
Steers—Medium and Large 1632182.81/cwt171.00–193.751,155102
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy643194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,25121
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned674161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0857
Steers—Medium and Large 1683178.44/cwt165.00–184.001,219161
Steers—Medium and Large 1715179.97/cwt169.00–187.251,287143
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy737180.20/cwt178.00–181.251,32880
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741165.21/cwt160.00–170.001,22413
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy761185.25/cwt185.25–185.251,41027
Steers—Medium and Large 1774174.30/cwt173.00–175.751,34954
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy821172.29/cwt164.00–173.001,41552
Steers—Medium and Large 1822169.41/cwt150.00–173.501,39362
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy875168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,47432
Steers—Medium and Large 1879172.35/cwt150.00–177.351,515123
Steers—Medium and Large 1940164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,54210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2346177.00/cwt177.00–177.006125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361175.00/cwt175.00–175.0063210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413172.50/cwt172.50–172.507124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413170.00/cwt170.00–170.007026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460160.00/cwt160.00–160.007367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473175.29/cwt170.00–178.0082968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523176.65/cwt170.00–185.0092491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned533160.35/cwt159.00–162.0085513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy554180.00/cwt180.00–180.0099714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573175.78/cwt170.25–191.001,007110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576161.86/cwt150.00–167.0093254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609156.00/cwt156.00–156.0095016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy610174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,06110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621163.97/cwt154.00–169.001,01814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632169.26/cwt156.00–179.251,070118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy655168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,10021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2659165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,08713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680163.81/cwt154.00–174.251,114139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy722164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,18837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2739153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740168.05/cwt164.50–169.851,24471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781161.27/cwt161.00–161.501,26083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809171.91/cwt160.50–174.501,39165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1871160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1913142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2964
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2413194.00/cwt194.00–194.008018
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477168.00/cwt168.00–168.008016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531161.78/cwt160.00–168.0085922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2652133.00/cwt133.00–133.008679

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.