Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-01-19

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 19
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,147 head
▼ 1,215 vs last sale 3,362▲ 144 vs year ago 2,003 · +7.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous 1-12-2023 auction, today's sales results on steers and heifers were 5.00 - 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate. The affects of this week's weather pattern across the mid-west slowed movement.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.45/cwt on 1,064 head.
Average price
$186.45
1,064 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,204
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$285
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$23.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.78
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1644186.731,2031,044
Medium and Large 1-2537182.339799thin
Large 1910163.501,48811thin
One grade step is worth $23.23/cwt here — about −$285 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 sale1,064 hd
186.45
—
IA average13 barns · 13,112 hd
187.23
−0.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433202.00/cwt202.00–202.008753
Steers—Medium and Large 1434218.96/cwt211.00–232.0095049
Steers—Medium and Large 1470202.96/cwt190.00–208.0095421
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy475222.21/cwt218.00–225.001,05533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500182.00/cwt182.00–182.009103
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy518182.25/cwt182.25–182.2594431
Steers—Medium and Large 1527206.02/cwt194.00–220.001,08659
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy547210.25/cwt210.25–210.251,15013
Steers—Medium and Large 1569199.10/cwt190.00–210.001,133179
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy618194.12/cwt185.00–198.751,20031
Steers—Medium and Large 1625184.13/cwt173.50–197.501,151125
Steers—Medium and Large 1669181.07/cwt174.00–189.501,211142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1053
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy691175.34/cwt174.00–179.501,21241
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy725174.25/cwt174.00–175.001,26323
Steers—Medium and Large 1728174.47/cwt160.00–177.751,270147
Steers—Medium and Large 1776171.20/cwt168.00–173.001,32914
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned785154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,2093
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy788173.75/cwt173.75–173.751,36919
Steers—Medium and Large 1813164.53/cwt164.00–165.001,33817
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy843163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,37464
Steers—Medium and Large 1864167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,44320
Steers—Large 1910163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,48811
Steers—Medium and Large 1921163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,50613
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370194.41/cwt185.00–198.0071921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420182.80/cwt171.00–192.0076841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462193.21/cwt179.00–198.0089397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy462193.00/cwt193.00–193.0089210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474171.54/cwt171.00–172.008139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528172.02/cwt162.00–179.75908156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement556162.00/cwt162.00–162.009018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576173.47/cwt158.00–179.50999147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy579165.38/cwt162.00–169.0095822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,01510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement635170.26/cwt162.00–173.501,08145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668158.33/cwt152.00–164.501,05896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement695179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,24437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714159.69/cwt157.75–160.001,14030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned715130.00/cwt130.00–130.009304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement735167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,23125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758158.34/cwt158.00–159.001,20021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement786167.42/cwt162.00–172.001,31676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1842158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,3359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1877158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,38613

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.