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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-03

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Aug 3

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Jul 20Aug 3Aug 17 →

Receipts

644 head

▼ 630 vs last sale 1,274▼ 400 vs year ago 1,044 · −38.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago, 900 lb. yearling heifers were 4.00 to 7.00 higher, some approaching 15.00 higher. Many loads available today of high quality yearlings. Trade was active on the light to moderate offering. Demand was very good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.30/cwt on 434 head.

Average price

$230.30

434 head · 864 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$275

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$11.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.98

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	844	231.67	1,956	382
Large 1	1,013	220.25	2,231	52

One grade step is worth $11.42/cwt here — about −$275 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 sale434 hd

230.30

—

IA average5 barns · 1,188 hd

214.33

+15.98

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

15 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,557	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,781	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	651	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,862	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	257.81/cwt	255.50–258.25	1,905	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	902	239.25/cwt	239.25–239.25	2,158	65
Steers	—	Large 1	1,007	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,225	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	449	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,212	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,583	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	252.46/cwt	244.00–254.50	1,792	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	221.68/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,700	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	844	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,869	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	891	224.24/cwt	222.75–224.50	1,998	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	222.02/cwt	221.75–223.50	2,063	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	955	219.46/cwt	205.50–220.25	2,096	58
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,013	220.25/cwt	220.25–220.25	2,231	52

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Thu Aug 3, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 644Last week 1,274Year ago 1,044

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	891	222.75–224.50	224.24
7	—	449	270.00	270.00
7	—	767	220.00–224.00	221.68
7	—	844	221.50	221.50
13	—	609	260.00	260.00
89	—	710	244.00–254.50	252.46
58	—	955	205.50–220.25	219.46
65	—	929	221.75–223.50	222.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,013	220.25	220.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,007	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	292.00	292.00
7	—	651	286.00	286.00
5	—	519	300.00	300.00
65	—	902	239.25	239.25
82	—	739	255.50–258.25	257.81

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.