Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-06-29

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jun 29
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,302 head
▼ 836 vs last sale 2,138▼ 276 vs year ago 1,578 · −17.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison made today as the previous USDA reported feeder calf auction was on June 1, 2023. Many load lots offered today of quality yearling steer and heifer cattle. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was active

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $243.45/cwt on 588 head.
Average price
$243.45
588 head · 768 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,871
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$54.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.24
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1767243.731,869585
Large 11,093189.002,0663thin
One grade step is worth $54.73/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 sale588 hd
243.45
—
IA average7 barns · 3,165 hd
227.21
+16.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1393292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,1483
Steers—Medium and Large 1431275.77/cwt268.00–287.501,18913
Steers—Medium and Large 1489267.16/cwt258.00–282.001,30614
Steers—Medium and Large 1544258.20/cwt250.00–274.001,40522
Steers—Medium and Large 1569255.65/cwt250.00–264.001,45550
Steers—Medium and Large 1609255.93/cwt240.00–264.001,55912
Steers—Medium and Large 1677245.74/cwt235.00–254.001,66420
Steers—Medium and Large 1723250.60/cwt232.00–254.001,812153
Steers—Medium and Large 1771232.05/cwt225.00–237.501,78915
Steers—Medium and Large 1834239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,99366
Steers—Medium and Large 1878230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,01949
Steers—Medium and Large 1913232.54/cwt219.00–237.502,123168
Steers—Large 11,093189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,0663
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366261.71/cwt258.00–264.0095811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419247.12/cwt241.00–255.001,0357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1499257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530257.57/cwt237.00–268.751,36576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,19917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573235.49/cwt225.00–243.001,34929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618222.85/cwt215.00–227.001,37751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689225.25/cwt225.25–225.251,55279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725217.29/cwt212.00–221.001,57516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,70522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1812194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858211.81/cwt209.50–224.001,81758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2971207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,0106
Heifers—Large 11,022173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,7685
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3468
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,44010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1982180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7683

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.