Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-01-10

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Tue, Jan 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,363 head
▼ 611 vs last sale 2,974▲ 460 vs year ago 1,903 · +24.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's auction results across all classes was fully steady with the past 1-5-2023 sale. Many load lots available of LTW/VACC feeder steer/heifer calves. Again, many opportunities on reputation replacement heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $188.50/cwt on 1,220 head.
Average price
$188.50
1,220 head · 672 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.78
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1672188.711,2681,199
Medium and Large 1-2661176.891,16921
One grade step is worth $11.82/cwt here — about $99 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 sale1,220 hd
188.50
—
IA average14 barns · 18,240 hd
191.28
−2.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1367215.95/cwt211.00–229.0079315
Steers—Medium and Large 1421219.45/cwt216.00–223.0092412
Steers—Medium and Large 1479211.34/cwt200.00–225.001,01258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513188.00/cwt188.00–188.009644
Steers—Medium and Large 1518220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,14011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned532203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,08011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy534191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,02034
Steers—Medium and Large 1560204.36/cwt199.00–210.751,144129
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned571201.25/cwt201.25–201.251,14947
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy578206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,19425
Steers—Medium and Large 1620196.58/cwt183.50–200.501,21953
Steers—Medium and Large 1668189.49/cwt176.50–197.251,266311
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy693184.25/cwt182.00–185.501,27756
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2696174.27/cwt172.50–175.001,21317
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy707174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,23410
Steers—Medium and Large 1712181.27/cwt171.00–184.001,29186
Steers—Medium and Large 1768176.73/cwt163.00–182.751,357142
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy791173.75/cwt173.75–173.751,37454
Steers—Medium and Large 1822168.04/cwt167.00–169.001,38152
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy833176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,47050
Steers—Medium and Large 1896162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,45610
Steers—Medium and Large 1916160.71/cwt160.00–161.001,47214
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy974162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,57819
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348184.00/cwt184.00–184.006403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363188.00/cwt188.00–188.006829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427177.85/cwt162.00–184.0075930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459187.23/cwt172.00–190.0085934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517179.44/cwt166.00–186.00928135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560180.89/cwt171.00–184.001,013103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593157.00/cwt157.00–157.009314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement622175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,08924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622173.61/cwt165.50–184.251,080202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666140.00/cwt140.00–140.009325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690167.82/cwt160.25–172.501,158105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2702161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement727174.80/cwt169.50–178.251,271147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735160.81/cwt159.00–164.001,18219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,29711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement800173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,38430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820158.53/cwt150.00–164.001,30021

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.