Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale 700-800 pound steers were steady to 9.00 higher. Heifer calves 700 pounds were 4.00-8.00 higher, 800 pound heifers were steady to 6.00 higher. Moderate offering of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.43/cwt on 732 head.

Average price

$143.43

732 head · 817 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$4.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	822	143.69	1,181	693
Medium and Large 1-2	736	138.81	1,022	39

One grade step is worth $4.89/cwt here — about $158 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 sale732 hd

143.43

—

IA average8 barns · 4,042 hd

143.86

−0.42

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

29 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	139.58/cwt	135.00–141.50	865	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	526	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	148.84/cwt	147.00–150.00	921	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	141.77/cwt	137.50–148.75	1,181	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	126.31/cwt	122.50–127.25	1,112	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	997	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	159.08/cwt	155.00–161.50	904	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	142.19/cwt	140.00–147.10	1,230	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	996	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	132.32/cwt	129.00–140.50	683	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	133.65/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,041	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	126.57/cwt	121.50–130.50	1,164	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	150.60/cwt	150.60–150.60	1,185	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,079	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	141.06/cwt	136.00–144.00	676	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	141.40/cwt	137.25–142.35	1,021	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	788	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	152.38/cwt	146.00–155.75	1,050	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	991	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,132	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	130.32/cwt	126.00–133.85	1,075	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	126.21/cwt	126.00–126.25	1,246	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,158	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,181	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	137.89/cwt	134.50–140.25	932	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	855	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	150.19/cwt	149.50–152.50	1,078	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	797	3

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 Sep 24, 2019

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

Receipts 1,340Last week 3,029Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	620	135.00–141.50	139.58
25	—	880	122.50–127.25	126.31
11	—	516	129.00–140.50	132.32
113	—	779	131.00–135.00	133.65
11	—	479	136.00–144.00	141.06
109	—	722	137.25–142.35	141.40
7	—	928	122.00	122.00
76	—	825	126.00–133.85	130.32
4	—	976	121.00	121.00
70	—	676	134.50–140.25	137.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	369	142.50	142.50
3	—	747	133.50	133.50
8	—	648	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	619	147.00–150.00	148.84
264	—	833	137.50–148.75	141.77
11	—	568	155.00–161.50	159.08
237	—	865	140.00–147.10	142.19
9	—	920	121.50–130.50	126.57
60	—	787	150.60	150.60
8	—	426	185.00	185.00
45	—	689	146.00–155.75	152.38
4	—	1,043	119.00	119.00
22	—	987	126.00–126.25	126.21
20	—	718	149.50–152.50	150.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	699	142.50	142.50
10	—	805	134.00	134.00
7	—	713	139.00	139.00
4	—	898	129.00	129.00
3	—	535	149.00	149.00

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.

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