Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-10-12

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Oct 12
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
902 head
▼ 1,062 vs last sale 1,964▼ 444 vs year ago 1,346 · −33.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 500 lb steer calves were down by 4.00 , 700 lb feeder steers were 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifers were steady with a lower undertone. Volume was light. Offered today were quality, reputation replacement heifer calves and many quality, green yearling cattle. Today's demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $269.91/cwt on 421 head.
Average price
$269.91
421 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$613
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$57.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.60
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1625273.291,707382
Medium and Large 1-2551240.581,32633
Large 1-21,074216.002,3206thin
One grade step is worth $57.29/cwt here — about −$613 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 sale421 hd
269.91
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IA average6 barns · 2,463 hd
255.31
+14.60
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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned373282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0526
Steers—Medium and Large 1375310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2407276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,1233
Steers—Medium and Large 1436320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3955
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned438293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,2834
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned471291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,37119
Steers—Medium and Large 1475296.36/cwt288.00–302.501,40819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2509250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2736
Steers—Medium and Large 1532286.60/cwt286.00–289.001,52534
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy534292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,55911
Steers—Medium and Large 1563283.18/cwt267.00–285.001,59430
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned582235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3689
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned583267.45/cwt250.00–275.001,55942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3077
Steers—Medium and Large 1615278.88/cwt255.00–286.001,71540
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy642286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,83642
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned642250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6055
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2649249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6164
Steers—Medium and Large 1679273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,85710
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned679245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6649
Steers—Medium and Large 1716255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,82915
Steers—Medium and Large 1784250.53/cwt235.00–255.001,96481
Steers—Medium and Large 1867239.50/cwt239.50–239.502,0767
Steers—Large 1-21,074216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,3206
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned351280.00/cwt280.00–280.009836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1389285.42/cwt274.00–291.001,11016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned405266.11/cwt264.50–285.001,07838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448210.00/cwt210.00–210.009413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470258.68/cwt247.00–261.001,21624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned496254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521262.38/cwt255.00–277.001,36729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,32311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement575275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,58141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578252.62/cwt252.00–253.001,46013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement623232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1643225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1651248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,61410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement738237.35/cwt235.50–240.251,75241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1792231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,8336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835228.46/cwt220.00–235.501,90812
Heifers—Large 1-21,020182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,8563
Heifers—Large 1-21,052217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,2836

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.