Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-03-16

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 16
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,369 head
▲ 288 vs last sale 1,081▼ 261 vs year ago 1,630 · −16.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's auction, 500 -700 lb steers were steady. Heifers weighing 600 - 700 lb were 2.00 - 3.00 higher. Supply was moderate on today's offering of quality feeder calves. Demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.46/cwt on 627 head.
Average price
$183.46
627 head · 689 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,263
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$239
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.02
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690184.001,270610
Medium and Large 1-2629163.981,03117thin
One grade step is worth $20.01/cwt here — about $239 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 sale627 hd
183.46
—
IA average6 barns · 1,916 hd
184.47
−1.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1430274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,17818
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned473257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2166
Steers—Medium and Large 1480238.65/cwt221.00–249.001,14621
Steers—Medium and Large 1529224.28/cwt215.00–235.001,18644
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,14210
Steers—Medium and Large 1563233.67/cwt230.00–242.001,31642
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned606197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1944
Steers—Medium and Large 1616207.07/cwt189.00–221.501,27661
Steers—Medium and Large 1675215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,45117
Steers—Medium and Large 1721202.06/cwt198.00–206.001,457107
Steers—Medium and Large 1776185.21/cwt175.00–195.501,43747
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2808158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2778
Steers—Medium and Large 1816186.92/cwt185.50–188.001,52545
Steers—Medium and Large 1872180.05/cwt179.50–181.501,57025
Steers—Medium and Large 1983168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,6514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367238.76/cwt222.00–245.0087611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457212.83/cwt199.00–220.0097316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483185.00/cwt185.00–185.008943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519196.10/cwt184.00–208.001,01815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563171.84/cwt168.00–178.009678
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573196.02/cwt187.50–214.501,123100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636194.83/cwt190.25–199.501,23939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661189.22/cwt174.00–198.501,25149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722177.82/cwt159.00–183.001,284213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780170.70/cwt166.50–174.001,33183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827175.85/cwt167.00–179.001,45473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1859169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,4528

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.