Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-01-26

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 26
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
3,076 head
▲ 929 vs last sale 2,147▲ 724 vs year ago 2,352 · +30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 500-800 lb steers were 6.00 to 10.00 higher; heifers 500-800 lbs were 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand was good to very good on a great offering of green, long-time weaned, vaccinated feeders. Again this week, quality replacement heifers were in the offering..

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $189.11/cwt on 1,480 head.
Average price
$189.11
1,480 head · 704 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,331
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.97
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1707189.581,3391,417
Medium and Large 1-2639178.721,14263
One grade step is worth $10.86/cwt here — about $197 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 sale1,480 hd
189.11
—
IA average10 barns · 7,453 hd
190.09
−0.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1473227.73/cwt222.00–232.001,07719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488194.00/cwt194.00–194.009478
Steers—Medium and Large 1526212.27/cwt199.00–225.501,11754
Steers—Medium and Large 1585214.02/cwt198.00–220.501,252113
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy588218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,28518
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy618212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,31322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628177.07/cwt173.50–188.001,11220
Steers—Medium and Large 1630200.73/cwt191.00–214.001,26598
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy632161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0188
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy661200.60/cwt193.75–210.001,32677
Steers—Medium and Large 1673195.30/cwt184.00–209.501,314274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680176.17/cwt175.00–179.001,19835
Steers—Medium and Large 1735180.32/cwt173.00–184.251,325228
Steers—Medium and Large 1766179.59/cwt170.00–182.001,376207
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy776174.48/cwt170.50–180.001,354123
Steers—Medium and Large 1838179.49/cwt179.35–180.001,50486
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy860168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,44757
Steers—Medium and Large 1865162.31/cwt162.00–162.501,40429
Steers—Medium and Large 1911162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,4764
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464187.11/cwt177.00–192.0086819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535187.85/cwt181.50–189.501,00576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573183.64/cwt170.50–193.251,052160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2601131.00/cwt131.00–131.007876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626177.11/cwt166.50–186.001,109240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement628171.95/cwt171.00–173.251,08054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667144.00/cwt144.00–144.0096015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668173.85/cwt167.00–180.001,161225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy705166.25/cwt166.25–166.251,17253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707159.55/cwt150.00–165.501,128116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720149.42/cwt143.00–153.001,07611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement723163.17/cwt156.00–165.001,180143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement758160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,21525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy806136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818144.52/cwt141.00–145.501,18214
Heifers—Large 11,324148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,96017

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.