Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-04-13

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Apr 13
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,284 head
▲ 215 vs last sale 2,069▼ 1,069 vs year ago 3,353 · −31.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's auction 400 -500 lb feeder steers were fully 8.00 - 10.00 higher, 700 -800 lb yearling steers were 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers weighing 500 - 600 lb were 6.00 - 7.00 higher. Supply was moderate, trade was active with demand to good to very good. Load lots available today for quality yearling feeders and long time weaned, green and vaccinated fall feeder calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $232.64/cwt on 886 head.
Average price
$232.64
886 head · 677 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$340
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$47.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.54
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1659235.791,553811
Medium and Large 1-2553223.931,23921
Large 11,003188.751,89354
One grade step is worth $47.04/cwt here — about −$340 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 sale886 hd
232.64
—
IA average8 barns · 4,302 hd
222.11
+10.54
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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned371284.07/cwt282.50–285.001,05413
Steers—Medium and Large 1373282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,0544
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned415285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1837
Steers—Medium and Large 1421280.21/cwt275.00–284.001,18031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472237.18/cwt227.00–247.001,1199
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned476267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,27310
Steers—Medium and Large 1477270.36/cwt259.00–280.001,29061
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy492283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,39234
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned515255.93/cwt247.00–258.001,31816
Steers—Medium and Large 1517267.11/cwt239.00–275.501,38161
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned564237.08/cwt230.00–240.001,33741
Steers—Medium and Large 1569249.57/cwt237.00–264.001,42056
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy574268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,53839
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3126
Steers—Medium and Large 1616243.52/cwt230.00–251.501,50038
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2652191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2453
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned655208.73/cwt205.00–220.001,36720
Steers—Medium and Large 1679228.70/cwt218.00–235.501,553119
Steers—Medium and Large 1734203.94/cwt193.00–218.001,4979
Steers—Medium and Large 1764215.23/cwt193.00–227.001,64450
Steers—Medium and Large 1879196.10/cwt188.00–199.001,724149
Steers—Medium and Large 1966187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,81153
Steers—Large 11,003188.75/cwt188.75–188.751,89354
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331240.00/cwt240.00–240.007945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned337263.00/cwt263.00–263.0088619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388236.59/cwt230.00–245.0091827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425238.88/cwt230.00–247.001,01526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432210.00/cwt210.00–210.009077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467243.89/cwt227.50–255.001,139140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned505220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,11110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519241.51/cwt230.00–252.001,253130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534203.33/cwt187.00–213.001,08620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned566211.66/cwt189.00–224.001,19821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576197.84/cwt180.00–225.001,14049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623206.33/cwt180.00–216.001,285166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2648175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement670209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,40440
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677204.18/cwt190.00–214.001,382110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,43722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement815185.75/cwt185.75–185.751,51445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,50527
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned351301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,05718
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned459257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,18025

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.