Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-02-22

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 22
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,025 head
▼ 163 vs last sale 2,188▼ 577 vs year ago 2,602 · −22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - - Compared to the auction last week, 400 - 500 lb feeder steers were 5.00 to 8.00 higher, 600 -700 lb calves were 4.00 to 6.00 higher and eight weight steer cattle were 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Heifer trade 400 -500 lb light calves were 9.00 to 12.00 higher and six weight heifers were 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Many green calves suitable for grass were available. Today's moderate offering included many long time weaned, double vaccinated, quality feeder cattle. Demand was good to very good throughout the auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $254.67/cwt on 912 head.
Average price
$254.67
912 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$255
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.64
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538256.671,38131
Medium and Large 1643254.601,636881
One grade step is worth $2.08/cwt here — about −$255 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 sale912 hd
254.67
—
IA average9 barns · 7,287 hd
253.03
+1.64
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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1349365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,27415
Steers—Medium and Large 1361347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,2546
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned403335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3506
Steers—Medium and Large 1436341.00/cwt327.00–349.001,48729
Steers—Medium and Large 1478334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5973
Steers—Medium and Large 1523323.54/cwt317.50–330.001,69243
Steers—Medium and Large 1577307.86/cwt292.50–316.001,77663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2597284.45/cwt277.00–290.001,6987
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611274.64/cwt265.00–282.001,67816
Steers—Medium and Large 1626301.99/cwt298.50–308.251,89074
Steers—Medium and Large 1668282.96/cwt268.50–287.001,89089
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy711274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,95216
Steers—Medium and Large 1717266.44/cwt254.00–272.751,910163
Steers—Medium and Large 1770256.38/cwt237.00–260.001,97461
Steers—Medium and Large 1826235.99/cwt234.50–244.001,94938
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy828243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,0129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2837209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7493
Steers—Medium and Large 1858239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,0517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2899206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,85212
Steers—Medium and Large 1903219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,97813
Steers—Large 11,005215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,16156
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316315.00/cwt315.00–315.009956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,1666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472297.22/cwt290.50–312.501,40331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520286.42/cwt273.00–300.001,48952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy532286.50/cwt286.50–286.501,52427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533260.37/cwt250.00–269.001,38813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581257.90/cwt241.00–262.501,49882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,42612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631259.14/cwt249.00–273.001,635222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy636260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,65766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674242.35/cwt228.00–255.001,633171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy675249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,68446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy704243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,71129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722223.03/cwt218.00–229.001,61015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773224.07/cwt214.00–228.501,73231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement776235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,82736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809220.00/cwt217.50–223.251,78055

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.