Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-03-30

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 30
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,623 head
▲ 1,254 vs last sale 1,369▲ 142 vs year ago 2,481 · +5.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale ( 3-16-23) 500 -600 lb steers were 10.00 - 12.00 higher with 7 weights 8.00 - 10.00 higher. Heifers 500 - 600 lbs were 9.00 to 11.00 higher with 7 weights 9.00 to 11.00 higher.

Trade was active. Demand was good to very good for today's offering of quality weaned fall calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $204.38/cwt on 1,265 head.
Average price
$204.38
1,265 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,262
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$330
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$42.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.20
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1618205.151,2671,194
Medium and Large 1-2597192.651,15068
Large 1980163.001,5973thin
One grade step is worth $42.15/cwt here — about −$330 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 sale1,265 hd
204.38
—
IA average6 barns · 2,362 hd
196.18
+8.20
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 1357261.25/cwt242.00–275.0093312
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned378265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,00223
Steers—Medium and Large 1424263.16/cwt248.00–266.001,11648
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned452266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,20551
Steers—Medium and Large 1473246.27/cwt232.00–252.001,16527
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy507269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,36463
Steers—Medium and Large 1536257.12/cwt255.00–264.001,37835
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2198
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538244.31/cwt244.00–245.001,31425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3235
Steers—Medium and Large 1567252.23/cwt241.00–265.001,430134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2604200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2084
Steers—Medium and Large 1625228.74/cwt215.00–247.001,43072
Steers—Medium and Large 1674224.51/cwt209.75–230.001,513191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3524
Steers—Medium and Large 1721209.56/cwt194.50–224.001,51172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3345
Steers—Medium and Large 1766207.86/cwt201.50–211.251,592109
Steers—Medium and Large 1840196.92/cwt192.50–199.751,65431
Steers—Medium and Large 1864187.25/cwt180.00–194.501,61820
Steers—Medium and Large 1918181.63/cwt173.00–184.501,66762
Steers—Medium and Large 1961177.25/cwt177.25–177.251,70353
Steers—Large 1998175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7473
Steers—Large 11,082170.51/cwt168.00–173.001,84516
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330258.00/cwt258.00–258.0085115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned374247.50/cwt247.50–247.5092622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375220.00/cwt220.00–220.008254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417235.46/cwt225.00–241.0098250
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned417233.87/cwt225.00–235.0097535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487224.85/cwt220.00–228.501,09576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned498225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521227.83/cwt220.50–240.001,187120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535204.40/cwt198.50–214.001,09435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538194.20/cwt187.00–205.001,04515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569213.43/cwt201.50–228.001,214164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585186.07/cwt180.00–192.001,08917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624204.78/cwt197.00–212.501,278139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement665199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,32722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666193.52/cwt181.00–200.001,289241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730186.34/cwt180.50–189.251,360143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769186.03/cwt182.00–188.501,43156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2769173.94/cwt166.00–177.501,33813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820168.51/cwt167.00–169.001,38212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1854170.77/cwt170.00–171.001,45871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1918170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5615
Heifers—Large 1980163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,5973
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2383227.50/cwt227.50–227.508713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0693

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.