Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage to reflect an accurate market trend. 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 $146.55/cwt on 515 head.

Average price

$146.55

515 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$4.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.17

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	704	147.08	1,035	452
Medium and Large 1-2	543	142.73	775	63

One grade step is worth $4.35/cwt here — about $260 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 sale515 hd

146.55

—

IA average5 barns · 1,639 hd

130.38

+16.17

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	891	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,111	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	135.35/cwt	131.00–137.00	643	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	136.49/cwt	134.50–140.00	580	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	418	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	754	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	128.16/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,166	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	163.59/cwt	158.00–170.00	718	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	152.41/cwt	150.00–154.00	812	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	143.19/cwt	141.00–146.00	620	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	604	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	127.57/cwt	125.00–134.25	1,107	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	141.08/cwt	141.00–141.25	820	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	134.23/cwt	131.00–140.00	694	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	497	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	481	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	143.66/cwt	142.50–144.50	964	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,115	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	143.46/cwt	143.00–144.85	1,168	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	145.33/cwt	141.85–148.25	1,250	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	576	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	139.22/cwt	137.50–140.50	821	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	535	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	478	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	132.13/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,013	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	140.39/cwt	136.50–142.00	894	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	675	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	777	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	604	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	142.57/cwt	139.50–144.25	1,038	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	143.89/cwt	140.00–145.00	924	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,099	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	723	9

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

Thu Oct 24, 2019

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

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No recent market coverage to reflect an accurate market trend. Moderate offering of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	575	155.00	155.00
6	—	454	165.00	165.00
12	—	910	127.00–129.00	128.16
17	—	439	158.00–170.00	163.59
76	—	533	150.00–154.00	152.41
3	—	272	177.00	177.00
12	—	671	142.50–144.50	143.66
16	—	799	139.50	139.50
74	—	814	143.00–144.85	143.46
113	—	860	141.85–148.25	145.33
8	—	351	172.00	172.00
20	—	728	139.50–144.25	142.57
80	—	642	140.00–145.00	143.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	151.00	151.00
7	—	433	141.00–146.00	143.19
7	—	379	152.00	152.00
31	—	590	137.50–140.50	139.22
6	—	817	134.50	134.50
9	—	482	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	903	123.00	123.00
23	—	475	131.00–137.00	135.35
27	—	425	134.50–140.00	136.49
22	—	868	125.00–134.25	127.57
24	—	581	141.00–141.25	141.08
65	—	517	131.00–140.00	134.23
6	—	323	148.00	148.00
23	—	767	124.00–134.00	132.13
30	—	637	136.50–142.00	140.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	288	145.00	145.00
12	—	591	127.50	127.50
9	—	374	133.00	133.00
5	—	536	126.00	126.00
13	—	619	125.50	125.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	411	147.00	147.00
6	—	345	155.00	155.00

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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