Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-01-12

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 12
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
3,362 head
▲ 999 vs last sale 2,363▲ 285 vs year ago 3,077 · +9.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale (Tuesday), all classes sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher, with 7 weight steers up to 9.00 higher. Large offering today of quality load lots of green, long-time weaned and vaccinated steer/heifer calves. Many opportunities for reputation replacement heifers in large groups. Demand was good to very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $193.20/cwt on 1,698 head.
Average price
$193.20
1,698 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,282
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$304
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$48.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.31
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1664193.511,2851,660
Medium and Large 1-2557185.911,03532
Large 11,096145.001,5896thin
One grade step is worth $48.51/cwt here — about −$304 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 sale1,698 hd
193.20
—
IA average13 barns · 17,819 hd
190.89
+2.31
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 1378219.79/cwt216.00–225.0083117
Steers—Medium and Large 1420208.70/cwt197.50–215.0087719
Steers—Medium and Large 1470219.74/cwt206.00–230.001,03345
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy474227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,07618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2498205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0213
Steers—Medium and Large 1523216.19/cwt206.00–221.001,131136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528187.27/cwt187.00–188.0098926
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy535214.74/cwt212.50–216.751,14986
Steers—Medium and Large 1582204.15/cwt192.00–211.001,188104
Steers—Medium and Large 1632194.53/cwt181.00–201.751,229259
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy633201.59/cwt201.50–201.751,27680
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy659193.25/cwt193.25–193.251,27464
Steers—Medium and Large 1677188.53/cwt183.00–195.251,276272
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy707189.25/cwt189.25–189.251,33811
Steers—Medium and Large 1735183.45/cwt165.00–185.501,348209
Steers—Medium and Large 1766180.46/cwt172.00–184.001,382149
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy784179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,40712
Steers—Medium and Large 1825174.53/cwt161.00–175.601,44069
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3363
Steers—Medium and Large 1882173.75/cwt173.00–174.001,53275
Steers—Medium and Large 1903164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,48126
Steers—Medium and Large 1951166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,5799
Steers—Large 11,096145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5896
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1356179.00/cwt179.00–179.006375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406193.00/cwt193.00–193.007848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421193.40/cwt187.00–202.0081428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476188.32/cwt181.00–200.0089695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement517193.20/cwt193.00–193.5099957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525183.08/cwt174.00–189.00961129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566176.97/cwt161.00–184.501,00269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement578186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,07820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582160.00/cwt160.00–160.009315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621173.82/cwt165.00–180.001,079282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement622182.44/cwt179.50–184.751,135166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement676178.85/cwt178.50–179.501,20944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680167.86/cwt158.00–172.251,14134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement710166.30/cwt163.50–167.501,18151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716165.80/cwt159.00–168.501,18740
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779165.59/cwt163.00–168.001,29052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1802160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement842159.75/cwt159.75–159.751,34521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,40513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,48019
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2504190.00/cwt190.00–190.009588
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2708153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0833

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.