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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-31

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Aug 31

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Aug 17Aug 31Sep 14 →

Receipts

880 head

▼ 486 vs last sale 1,366▼ 464 vs year ago 1,344 · −34.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago, 700 lb yearling steers were firm. 700 -800 lb yearling heifers were steady. Load lots of yearling steers and heifers were available on today's light volume. Trade was active. Demand was good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $265.62/cwt on 527 head.

Average price

$265.62

527 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$668

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$15.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.40

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	726	265.71	1,930	524
Medium and Large 1-2	505	250.00	1,263	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $668 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 sale527 hd

265.62

—

IA average9 barns · 6,551 hd

252.22

+13.40

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

Every lot

23 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,215	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,567	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	302.32/cwt	287.00–306.25	1,584	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	300.29/cwt	293.00–302.00	1,748	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,751	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,848	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	265.33/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,894	202
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	258.77/cwt	253.00–264.75	2,018	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	245.97/cwt	233.00–247.50	2,049	119
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	921	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,279	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,458	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,394	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	277.12/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,571	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	647	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,666	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,754	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,752	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	1,848	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,886	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,000	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	955	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,154	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	453	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,300	7

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 31, 2023

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

Receipts 880Last week 1,366Year ago 1,344

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	652	283.50	283.50
202	—	714	252.00–270.00	265.33
3	—	392	310.00	310.00
23	—	632	277.00	277.00
20	—	524	287.00–306.25	302.32
11	—	485	323.00	323.00
37	—	582	293.00–302.00	300.29
103	—	780	253.00–264.75	258.77
119	—	833	233.00–247.50	245.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	453	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	285.00	285.00
4	—	441	290.00	290.00
4	—	955	225.50	225.50
6	—	532	262.00	262.00
6	—	840	224.50	224.50
19	—	907	220.50	220.50
20	—	658	266.50	266.50
66	—	771	239.75	239.75
38	—	567	271.00–288.00	277.12
8	—	478	305.00	305.00
14	—	712	246.00	246.00
18	—	647	257.50	257.50

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.