Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-03-07

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 7
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,495 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 1,397▲ 414 vs year ago 1,081 · +38.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - - -Compared to the auction last week, 400 - 500 lb light weight steer calves were 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 600 -700 lb steers were 1.00 to 4.00 higher and eight weight cattle were 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb calves 6.00 to 8.00 higher and 600 - 700 lb heifers 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Available today were large groups of quality, reputation replacement heifers. Today's moderate offering were many high quality, home raised and long time weaned feeder cattle. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.06/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −145.36 against this barn's trailing median of $428.43.
Average price
$283.06
154 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.51
vs IA average
+11.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552283.061,563154
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale154 hd
283.06
—
IA average5 barns · 819 hd
274.55
+8.51
National average176 barns · 15,352 hd
271.91
+11.15
This barn, trailing median13 sales
428.43
−145.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
466427389351median 428.4303/1204/2306/0409/1010/22
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $451.61, low $364.75, median $428.43 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

35 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1396
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1342410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4027
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424387.06/cwt377.50–390.001,64126
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5463
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4545
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485341.19/cwt330.00–351.001,65542
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6507
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529334.18/cwt320.00–340.001,76886
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583324.29/cwt315.00–330.001,89172
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636303.17/cwt298.50–317.501,92879
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665294.20/cwt277.00–303.001,95641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682270.70/cwt268.00–273.001,84615
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732268.29/cwt266.25–271.501,96420
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778254.06/cwt252.00–259.501,97729
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy789258.10/cwt258.10–258.102,03666
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy824253.50/cwt253.50–253.502,08951
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874240.47/cwt239.00–244.002,10227
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,23611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2463
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3545
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422341.06/cwt325.00–350.001,43936
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442300.52/cwt297.50–317.501,32820
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482303.05/cwt295.00–312.501,46173
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523288.73/cwt280.00–292.001,51062
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572279.24/cwt274.00–287.001,59792
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1602281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,69234
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5104
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement672253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,70026
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681254.41/cwt245.00–259.001,733112
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712251.28/cwt232.00–254.001,78937
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement779238.25/cwt238.25–238.251,85637
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790223.06/cwt220.00–227.001,76225
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1802228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,82911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural569275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5654
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Natural705235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,65711

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.