Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-02-08

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 8
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,796 head
▼ 286 vs last sale 3,082▲ 744 vs year ago 2,052 · +36.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - Compared to the auction last week, light steers 500 - 600 lb were 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 700 - 800 lb steers were mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher and heavier steers were 3.00 higher to sharply higher. Heifers weighing 500 - 600 lb were mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher and seven weight heifers were fully steady to 6.00 higher. Today's moderate offering included many home raised, green, LTW and double vaccinated feeder in load lots and many smaller packages. Demand was very good throughout the auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $272.81/cwt on 1,006 head.
Average price
$272.81
1,006 head · 668 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$370
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.99
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1671273.021,833979
Medium and Large 1-2551265.521,46227
One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about $370 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 sale1,006 hd
272.81
—
IA average8 barns · 8,296 hd
264.82
+7.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370312.68/cwt300.00–320.001,15711
Steers—Medium and Large 1436317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,3828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464278.25/cwt271.00–285.001,29116
Steers—Medium and Large 1481316.18/cwt310.00–321.001,52151
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned511307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,56919
Steers—Medium and Large 1532305.39/cwt280.00–318.001,62548
Steers—Medium and Large 1579309.38/cwt275.00–315.001,791128
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624270.50/cwt270.50–270.501,68819
Steers—Medium and Large 1631291.22/cwt275.00–300.001,838125
Steers—Medium and Large 1670266.28/cwt255.00–290.001,784164
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,67211
Steers—Medium and Large 1730252.90/cwt244.00–259.001,84672
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy772248.25/cwt248.25–248.251,91674
Steers—Medium and Large 1772248.12/cwt245.75–250.001,915177
Steers—Medium and Large 1806236.00/cwt231.50–238.501,90261
Steers—Medium and Large 1852222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8917
Steers—Medium and Large 1908228.75/cwt228.75–228.752,07715
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1346304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,0528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,1526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417295.85/cwt292.50–298.001,2348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned453280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,26816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486292.14/cwt278.50–299.001,42036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2496255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521265.72/cwt248.00–280.501,384138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy549274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,50426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568254.92/cwt236.00–261.501,448169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629250.54/cwt229.00–259.501,57681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy677248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,68231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685238.78/cwt227.00–246.501,636231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2707206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,4563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723232.53/cwt227.00–238.001,681104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788224.00/cwt223.00–227.501,76573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,74726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy827219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,81512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,8447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1987186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,8363
Heifers—Large 11,113173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,9254
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Natural617240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Natural817217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7733

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.