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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-18

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 18

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

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Receipts

2,432 head

▲ 1,043 vs last sale 1,389▲ 285 vs year ago 2,147 · +13.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - Compared to the auction last week, 400 - 500 lb steer calves were fully steady, seven weight steers were 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers weighing 500 - 600 lb were 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Today's moderate offering included many green, LTW, double vaccinated, reputation feeder cattle available in load lots. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

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 $247.60/cwt on 1,119 head.

Average price

$247.60

1,119 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,775

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$273

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

$12.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.00

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	578	260.00	1,503	3thin
Medium and Large 1	717	247.56	1,775	1,116

One grade step is worth $12.44/cwt here — about −$273 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 sale1,119 hd

247.60

—

IA average7 barns · 4,278 hd

246.59

+1.00

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

Every lot

32 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 1	429	286.05/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,227	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	297.79/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,453	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	292.93/cwt	291.00–298.00	1,591	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	282.65/cwt	278.50–290.50	1,628	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,503	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	592	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,723	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	283.34/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,794	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	249.35/cwt	241.50–265.00	1,711	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	239.38/cwt	226.00–258.00	1,731	206
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	739	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,792	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	235.47/cwt	229.50–242.75	1,818	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	220.75/cwt	215.00–234.00	1,806	188
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	213.27/cwt	199.00–215.50	1,821	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	937	199.75/cwt	199.75–199.75	1,872	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	967	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,847	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	394	263.16/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,037	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,093	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	258.71/cwt	257.50–261.00	1,257	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	249.94/cwt	243.50–254.75	1,340	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	207.86/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,191	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	576	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,446	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	247.46/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,425	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	234.82/cwt	211.00–249.00	1,432	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,284	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	666	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,625	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	231.35/cwt	215.00–242.00	1,566	208
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,334	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	199.99/cwt	192.50–220.00	1,420	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	728	213.42/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,554	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	799	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,550	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,583	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	573	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,381	9

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

Thu Jan 18, 2024

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

Receipts 2,432Last week 1,389Year ago 2,147

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	833	190.00	190.00
13	—	394	250.00–270.00	263.16
14	—	486	257.50–261.00	258.71
105	—	710	192.50–220.00	199.99
107	—	610	211.00–249.00	234.82
208	—	677	215.00–242.00	231.35
22	—	799	194.00	194.00
92	—	576	244.00–250.00	247.46
15	—	437	250.00	250.00
131	—	536	243.50–254.75	249.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	576	251.00	251.00
51	—	666	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	728	210.00–215.00	213.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	573	201.00–217.00	207.86
14	—	686	194.50	194.50
3	—	642	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	573	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	772	229.50–242.75	235.47
35	—	854	199.00–215.50	213.27
17	—	488	295.00–302.00	297.79
206	—	723	226.00–258.00	239.38
29	—	543	291.00–298.00	292.93
145	—	686	241.50–265.00	249.35
188	—	818	215.00–234.00	220.75
36	—	937	199.75	199.75
8	—	429	277.50–295.00	286.05
9	—	967	191.00	191.00
141	—	633	270.00–288.00	283.34
94	—	576	278.50–290.50	282.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	739	242.50	242.50
23	—	592	291.00	291.00

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.