Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-01-05

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 5
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,974 head
▲ 385 vs last sale 2,589▲ 223 vs year ago 2,751 · +8.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Across all segments, today's auction results showed $ 5 - 7 strength over the previous sale on 1 - 3 - 2023. Load lots of both yearlings and LTW feeder calves were offered for the very active trade.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $191.43/cwt on 1,499 head.
Average price
$191.43
1,499 head · 675 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,291
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$407
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$26.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.62
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1659192.601,2701,433
Large 11,010166.001,67766
One grade step is worth $26.60/cwt here — about −$407 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 sale1,499 hd
191.43
—
IA average13 barns · 15,823 hd
189.81
+1.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1386212.17/cwt212.00–212.5081917
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned436210.00/cwt210.00–210.009169
Steers—Medium and Large 1442210.51/cwt205.00–212.5093011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy482233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,12514
Steers—Medium and Large 1483213.49/cwt190.00–223.001,03147
Steers—Medium and Large 1526216.01/cwt200.00–232.501,136118
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned539208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,12151
Steers—Medium and Large 1575206.34/cwt196.00–218.001,18693
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy594212.92/cwt205.00–215.001,26571
Steers—Medium and Large 1615197.34/cwt185.50–204.501,214199
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy641176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,12858
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy676187.48/cwt184.75–188.751,26738
Steers—Medium and Large 1680184.87/cwt171.00–193.001,257153
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy705188.03/cwt186.50–188.351,32648
Steers—Medium and Large 1731180.20/cwt166.00–184.751,317234
Steers—Medium and Large 1774174.91/cwt166.00–177.001,35453
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy782177.85/cwt177.75–178.001,39154
Steers—Medium and Large 1818181.53/cwt179.00–182.851,485102
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy827180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,49322
Steers—Medium and Large 1855173.49/cwt168.00–176.001,48332
Steers—Medium and Large 1912165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5059
Steers—Large 11,010166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,67766
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339180.00/cwt180.00–180.006107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375185.21/cwt180.00–187.0069511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442180.78/cwt168.00–184.0079928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443160.00/cwt160.00–160.007093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472182.34/cwt175.00–188.00861138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy499194.00/cwt194.00–194.0096833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529178.24/cwt171.00–188.00943165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement576181.28/cwt179.00–182.001,04496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582175.05/cwt162.00–185.001,019230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631167.46/cwt161.00–180.001,05788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement641177.39/cwt172.00–180.001,13724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement666172.27/cwt168.75–176.001,14753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669169.25/cwt165.00–175.501,13273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement721163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,17917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723166.38/cwt164.00–169.001,20364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,26411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1852161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,3763
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2444170.00/cwt170.00–170.007554
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645140.00/cwt140.00–140.009035

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.