Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trades were active today. There is no comparison, as there wasn't a sale last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.58/cwt on 795 head.

Average price

$139.58

795 head · 785 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$6.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.79

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	794	140.29	1,114	714
Medium and Large 1-2	709	133.32	945	81

One grade step is worth $6.97/cwt here — about $168 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 sale795 hd

139.58

—

IA average3 barns · 935 hd

134.79

+4.79

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

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	816	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	146.72/cwt	143.50–148.25	1,046	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	133.93/cwt	132.50–135.00	994	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	129.86/cwt	127.50–133.50	932	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,143	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	127.85/cwt	127.85–127.85	1,163	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	127.18/cwt	119.75–132.00	991	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	141.09/cwt	135.00–145.75	828	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	153.96/cwt	151.00–154.75	971	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	664	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	725	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	136.85/cwt	134.00–139.50	859	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	143.29/cwt	140.00–146.00	953	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,074	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	121.09/cwt	119.50–123.25	1,035	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	161.04/cwt	158.50–168.00	866	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	136.92/cwt	134.75–138.85	1,124	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	135.38/cwt	134.75–136.00	933	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,092	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,081	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	141.44/cwt	134.00–143.00	758	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	163.62/cwt	157.00–170.50	918	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	137.38/cwt	129.75–140.00	1,187	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	127.43/cwt	119.00–135.00	995	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	131.27/cwt	126.00–135.00	881	25

How this sale compares

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 Aug 13, 2019

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

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Trades were active today. There is no comparison, as there wasn't a sale last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	427	191.00	191.00
98	—	713	143.50–148.25	146.72
6	—	1,068	107.00	107.00
55	—	910	127.85	127.85
36	—	631	151.00–154.75	153.96
32	—	665	140.00–146.00	143.29
15	—	538	158.50–168.00	161.04
266	—	821	134.75–138.85	136.92
12	—	561	157.00–170.50	163.62
184	—	864	129.75–140.00	137.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	742	132.50–135.00	133.93
7	—	571	150.00	150.00
6	—	499	133.00	133.00
3	—	870	123.50	123.50
26	—	689	134.75–136.00	135.38
25	—	781	119.00–135.00	127.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	718	127.50–133.50	129.86
13	—	779	119.75–132.00	127.18
94	—	587	135.00–145.75	141.09
13	—	468	155.00	155.00
89	—	628	134.00–139.50	136.85
4	—	411	150.00	150.00
59	—	855	119.50–123.25	121.09
3	—	1,092	99.00	99.00
39	—	536	134.00–143.00	141.44
25	—	671	126.00–135.00	131.27

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.

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