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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-02

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Tue, Jan 2

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Dec 21Jan 2Jan 4 →

Receipts

1,365 head

▼ 293 vs last sale 1,658▼ 1,224 vs year ago 2,589 · −47.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE -- Compared to the previous auction on 12 -21-23, 600 - 700 lb steer calves were 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 700 - 800 lb steers were 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Six weight heifer calves were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Great offering today of quality, LTW'd, vaccinated feeder calves in load lots. Demand was good for today's moderate supply.

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 $237.65/cwt on 639 head.

Average price

$237.65

639 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$27.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.46

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	722	238.21	1,721	626
Medium and Large 1-2	721	210.27	1,516	13thin

One grade step is worth $27.94/cwt here — about $205 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 sale639 hd

237.65

—

IA average5 barns · 3,351 hd

252.11

−14.46

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

Every lot

26 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	393	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,208	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	485	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,484	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,316	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	278.61/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,432	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	519	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,147	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	271.58/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,534	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,543	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	254.22/cwt	241.00–263.50	1,599	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	247.36/cwt	240.75–259.50	1,660	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	234.15/cwt	224.00–245.50	1,679	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	210.27/cwt	209.00–213.00	1,516	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	227.34/cwt	211.00–229.75	1,771	228
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,784	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	213.11/cwt	207.00–220.25	1,848	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	900	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,854	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	260.59/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,100	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	245.74/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,339	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	232.03/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,348	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	604	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,284	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	230.03/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,417	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	225.60/cwt	203.00–232.00	1,489	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,313	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	214.64/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,558	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,641	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	206.74/cwt	205.00–208.00	1,704	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	202.34/cwt	198.00–206.00	1,754	11

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

Tue Jan 2, 2024

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

Receipts 1,365Last week 1,658Year ago 2,589

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	493	267.00	267.00
8	—	514	270.00–287.50	278.61
5	—	900	206.00	206.00
62	—	717	224.00–245.50	234.15
86	—	671	240.75–259.50	247.36
35	—	629	241.00–263.50	254.22
228	—	779	211.00–229.75	227.34
37	—	565	260.00–286.00	271.58
12	—	802	222.50	222.50
91	—	867	207.00–220.25	213.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	721	209.00–213.00	210.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	393	307.50	307.50
17	—	485	306.00	306.00
28	—	578	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	785	209.00	209.00
11	—	867	198.00–206.00	202.34
15	—	422	260.00–261.00	260.59
31	—	545	237.00–247.00	245.74
50	—	660	203.00–232.00	225.60
62	—	824	205.00–208.00	206.74
70	—	616	220.00–243.00	230.03
58	—	581	220.00–245.00	232.03
136	—	726	210.00–218.00	214.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	682	192.50	192.50
5	—	604	212.50	212.50

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.