Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-12-21

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Dec 21
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,658 head
▼ 1,128 vs last sale 2,786▼ 1,456 vs year ago 3,114 · −46.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE TODAY -- Compared to last week's auction, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 7.00 to 9.00 higher, seven weight steers were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves: 500 - 600 lb were 5.00 to 8.00 higher with seven weight cattle fully steady. Available today was a great offering of LTW, green, double vaccinated feeder calves in load lots. Trade was active. Demand was very good 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 $258.31/cwt on 748 head.
Average price
$258.31
748 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+32.46
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1621260.511,618709
Medium and Large 1-2644218.301,40639
One grade step is worth $42.21/cwt here — about $212 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 sale748 hd
258.31
—
IA average6 barns · 2,731 hd
225.85
+32.46
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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268340.00/cwt340.00–340.009118
Steers—Medium and Large 1353330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1656
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned364306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,1145
Steers—Medium and Large 1406304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,2348
Steers—Medium and Large 1476297.29/cwt292.00–304.001,41554
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2643
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy501313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,56816
Steers—Medium and Large 1517282.25/cwt270.00–290.001,45940
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,31610
Steers—Medium and Large 1572278.87/cwt264.00–291.001,595176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4585
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy619267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,65652
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628213.24/cwt196.00–218.001,33919
Steers—Medium and Large 1638250.04/cwt240.00–260.001,59548
Steers—Medium and Large 1671241.26/cwt226.00–248.001,61985
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy675242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,63729
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731203.51/cwt187.00–218.001,48812
Steers—Medium and Large 1736239.66/cwt234.00–240.501,76474
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy764218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,66916
Steers—Medium and Large 1775216.97/cwt200.00–225.001,68275
Steers—Medium and Large 1809193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,5614
Steers—Medium and Large 1912182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,6643
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned326240.00/cwt240.00–240.007824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378252.50/cwt252.50–252.5095410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428264.14/cwt257.00–274.001,13140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2451190.00/cwt190.00–190.008577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480256.83/cwt244.00–263.001,23331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy513263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,34918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513252.15/cwt239.00–262.001,294175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524225.87/cwt222.00–230.001,18426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571234.51/cwt220.00–250.001,33951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577198.25/cwt197.00–200.001,14412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement586242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,41812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement624237.75/cwt236.00–242.001,48461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625230.54/cwt219.00–238.001,44156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677209.61/cwt200.00–220.001,41954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720193.22/cwt192.50–194.501,39119
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned544235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2787

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.