Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-12-07

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Dec 7
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
3,195 head
▲ 779 vs last sale 2,416▲ 806 vs year ago 2,389 · +33.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE TODAY. Compared to the auction last week, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 10.00 to 12.00 lower, 700 weight steers 9.00 to 14.00 lower, all reflective of the fed cattle market.

600 weight heifer feeders were 12.00 to 15.00 lower. The spread between LTW and off the cow was apparent today. Available today were load lots of quality, LTW, vaccinated feeder cattle. Demand was good. Trade was active for today's moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $240.31/cwt on 1,616 head.
Average price
$240.31
1,616 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$305
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$51.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.51
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1657241.571,5881,565
Medium and Large 1-2677205.371,39039
Large 1996190.001,89212thin
One grade step is worth $51.57/cwt here — about −$305 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 sale1,616 hd
240.31
—
IA average11 barns · 9,346 hd
235.80
+4.51
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1343300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0296
Steers—Medium and Large 1371312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,1584
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned420283.83/cwt272.00–290.001,19214
Steers—Medium and Large 1444300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3326
Steers—Medium and Large 1477291.31/cwt273.00–301.001,39055
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,4434
Steers—Medium and Large 1530289.04/cwt283.50–300.001,53282
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned546274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,49629
Steers—Medium and Large 1579269.95/cwt256.00–295.001,563161
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned585252.25/cwt246.00–255.251,47665
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned614243.45/cwt239.00–247.001,495103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned617212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,30813
Steers—Medium and Large 1632240.56/cwt230.50–264.501,520272
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned669221.73/cwt218.00–224.001,48327
Steers—Medium and Large 1683230.18/cwt222.00–243.501,572251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687203.96/cwt199.00–209.001,40123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned711206.08/cwt202.00–209.001,46538
Steers—Medium and Large 1728222.28/cwt200.00–225.501,618208
Steers—Medium and Large 1789214.22/cwt200.00–223.001,690148
Steers—Medium and Large 1814216.25/cwt216.25–216.251,76026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2858187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,6093
Steers—Medium and Large 1859225.01/cwt205.00–227.001,93366
Steers—Large 1996190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,89212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332250.00/cwt250.00–250.008306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1398250.00/cwt250.00–250.009959
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438248.87/cwt232.50–252.001,09029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned445230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,02417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned473232.60/cwt226.75–240.001,10031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481231.38/cwt223.00–234.001,11338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495185.00/cwt185.00–185.009163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,04311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523237.40/cwt227.00–250.001,24270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned570213.89/cwt204.50–218.501,219112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582220.27/cwt193.50–240.001,282112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618210.13/cwt185.00–223.751,299221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned655200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,31023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679192.42/cwt185.00–200.001,30718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1956151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4444
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1933

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.