Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-11-09

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Nov 9
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,525 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 1,675▼ 303 vs year ago 1,828 · −16.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Feeder Cattle Sale Today. Compared to last week 500 - 600 lb feeder steers were 6.00 - 8.00 higher, seven weight steers were 4.00 - 7.00 higher. Today's heifer trade was fully steady with last week. Today, many groups of quality, reputation, vaccinated, weaned and off the cow feeder calves were offered. Light offering of yearling cattle. Demand was 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 $264.05/cwt on 768 head.
Average price
$264.05
768 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.78
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1616265.661,635728
Medium and Large 1-2586234.801,37640
One grade step is worth $30.86/cwt here — about $259 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 sale768 hd
264.05
—
IA average8 barns · 4,274 hd
243.27
+20.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 1382312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,1943
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned395285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1263
Steers—Medium and Large 1423308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,3036
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned436323.60/cwt297.50–330.001,41119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned481306.58/cwt296.00–322.001,47533
Steers—Medium and Large 1490301.16/cwt297.00–307.001,47617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned504251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,26511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528274.64/cwt260.00–293.001,45046
Steers—Medium and Large 1529285.00/cwt280.00–290.001,50826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3205
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned567284.76/cwt254.50–298.501,615134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned576248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4287
Steers—Medium and Large 1586268.67/cwt252.00–289.001,57474
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2604220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3298
Steers—Medium and Large 1625256.02/cwt239.00–274.001,60048
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,49122
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned669252.46/cwt237.50–259.001,689143
Steers—Medium and Large 1675241.88/cwt240.00–247.001,63337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned699215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5039
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned708239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,69246
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned764234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,78821
Steers—Medium and Large 1792240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,90137
Steers—Medium and Large 1812231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,87610
Steers—Medium and Large 1963212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,0423
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned388260.42/cwt255.00–263.001,01012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned438241.71/cwt235.00–254.001,05917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467257.47/cwt255.00–267.001,20249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned481249.62/cwt240.00–255.001,20124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2498210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524249.22/cwt227.00–262.001,306166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525240.77/cwt223.00–254.001,26440
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned570234.17/cwt215.00–248.001,33530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571238.57/cwt234.00–243.001,36225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619215.00/cwt210.00–224.001,33124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned703196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,37812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,68811
Heifers—Large 11,195150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7933
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,30510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned732205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5013

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.