Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 500-600 pound steers sold mostly 3.00 higher, 700-750 pound heifers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand was good for moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.31/cwt on 887 head.

Average price

$153.31

887 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$10.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.71

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	155.87	1,011	669
Medium and Large 1-2	626	145.43	911	218

One grade step is worth $10.45/cwt here — about $100 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 sale887 hd

153.31

—

IA average8 barns · 3,711 hd

146.60

+6.71

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

46 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 1-2	—	668	127.05/cwt	123.50–135.00	849	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	998	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	155.86/cwt	154.00–159.00	835	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	140.31/cwt	135.50–142.50	1,087	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	167.34/cwt	167.00–168.00	689	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	140.14/cwt	139.25–141.00	942	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	148.23/cwt	141.00–151.50	947	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	149.35/cwt	149.35–149.35	1,304	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	178.73/cwt	176.00–182.00	874	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	141.74/cwt	141.00–143.00	628	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,028	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	130.35/cwt	130.35–130.35	1,349	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	136.66/cwt	130.00–137.85	1,324	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	132.63/cwt	127.50–137.00	642	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	665	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	855	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	152.10/cwt	151.00–157.00	864	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	163.78/cwt	160.00–169.00	852	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	154.31/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,123	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	146.50/cwt	142.00–151.00	844	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	144.55/cwt	142.75–148.00	895	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	141.04/cwt	140.00–142.50	944	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	954	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	155.99/cwt	150.00–159.00	576	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	135.99/cwt	130.00–139.00	842	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	140.03/cwt	130.00–141.85	1,152	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	132.95/cwt	128.00–135.00	697	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	544	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	726	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	132.13/cwt	125.00–137.00	579	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	130.22/cwt	126.00–138.00	934	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	126.24/cwt	122.50–128.50	778	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	673	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	152.65/cwt	150.00–153.50	1,009	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,237	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	518	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	855	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	180.95/cwt	172.00–184.00	865	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	140.65/cwt	140.00–141.00	880	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	147.27/cwt	140.00–152.00	856	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,157	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	129.28/cwt	128.50–131.50	772	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	142.86/cwt	138.50–144.00	1,031	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	139.10/cwt	139.10–139.10	1,285	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	336	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	504	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	127.01/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,158	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	121.12/cwt	120.00–122.50	695	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	128.25/cwt	126.00–130.00	664	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	181.69/cwt	179.00–183.00	801	12

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

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

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Compared to last week 500-600 pound steers sold mostly 3.00 higher, 700-750 pound heifers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand was good for moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	668	123.50–135.00	127.05
4	—	798	125.00	125.00
39	—	484	127.50–137.00	132.63
12	—	438	125.00–137.00	132.13
20	—	717	126.00–138.00	130.22
64	—	616	122.50–128.50	126.24
9	—	912	126.00–129.00	127.01
20	—	574	120.00–122.50	121.12
53	—	518	126.00–130.00	128.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	443	141.00–143.00	141.74
33	—	696	147.75	147.75
55	—	1,035	130.35	130.35
130	—	969	130.00–137.85	136.66
22	—	369	150.00–159.00	155.99
29	—	619	130.00–139.00	135.99
45	—	823	130.00–141.85	140.03
115	—	524	128.00–135.00	132.95
7	—	851	136.00	136.00
27	—	597	128.50–131.50	129.28
34	—	722	138.50–144.00	142.86
63	—	924	139.10	139.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	665	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	544	133.50	133.50
4	—	336	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	536	154.00–159.00	155.86
24	—	775	135.50–142.50	140.31
9	—	412	167.00–168.00	167.34
24	—	669	140.00–142.50	141.04
50	—	707	135.00	135.00
15	—	626	140.00–141.00	140.65
44	—	581	140.00–152.00	147.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	672	139.25–141.00	140.14
16	—	576	142.00–151.00	146.50
67	—	619	142.75–148.00	144.55
13	—	518	165.00	165.00
28	—	478	172.00–184.00	180.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	639	141.00–151.50	148.23
69	—	873	149.35	149.35
41	—	489	176.00–182.00	178.73
27	—	568	151.00–157.00	152.10
52	—	520	160.00–169.00	163.78
82	—	728	147.00–155.00	154.31
17	—	372	181.00	181.00
43	—	661	150.00–153.50	152.65
71	—	793	156.00	156.00
12	—	441	179.00–183.00	181.69

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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