Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; 500-700 pound steers were mostly 2.00 lower, 500-600 pound heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 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 $151.37/cwt on 1,257 head.

Average price

$151.37

1,257 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$957

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$5.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.89

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	151.78	966	1,157
Medium and Large 1-2	578	146.63	847	100

One grade step is worth $5.15/cwt here — about $120 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 sale1,257 hd

151.37

—

IA average10 barns · 7,282 hd

145.49

+5.89

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	135.20/cwt	130.00–138.25	1,053	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	131.11/cwt	121.00–138.50	827	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	138.82/cwt	138.00–140.00	812	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	148.89/cwt	140.00–153.75	937	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	148.47/cwt	140.00–152.75	1,067	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	170.52/cwt	169.00–172.50	738	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	154.51/cwt	148.25–161.00	895	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	144.73/cwt	137.00–149.00	962	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	888	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	135.76/cwt	130.50–137.75	1,105	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	623	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	177.56/cwt	170.00–187.50	845	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	169.86/cwt	165.00–179.00	888	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	134.74/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,329	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	136.01/cwt	131.00–143.00	967	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	139.96/cwt	137.50–145.00	935	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	144.43/cwt	138.00–148.00	633	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	153.47/cwt	149.00–156.00	577	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	133.15/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,036	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,012	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	166.26/cwt	165.00–169.00	773	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	133.51/cwt	131.00–134.00	908	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,126	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	563	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	116.83/cwt	110.00–123.50	972	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	154.51/cwt	150.00–157.00	669	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	142.56/cwt	135.00–145.50	683	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	140.82/cwt	135.00–147.00	738	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	133.39/cwt	129.00–139.00	831	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	137.09/cwt	129.00–141.00	784	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	610	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	146.59/cwt	144.00–150.00	484	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	128.22/cwt	128.00–129.00	912	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	125.89/cwt	117.00–130.00	857	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	222	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	673	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	613	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	895	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	705	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	718	132.16/cwt	129.50–135.00	949	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	845	22

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 Dec 12, 2019

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

Receipts 2,633Last week 2,894Year ago 0

Compared to last week; 500-700 pound steers were mostly 2.00 lower, 500-600 pound heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. 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
38	—	779	130.00–138.25	135.20
282	—	629	140.00–153.75	148.89
216	—	719	140.00–152.75	148.47
18	—	433	169.00–172.50	170.52
189	—	579	148.25–161.00	154.51
120	—	665	137.00–149.00	144.73
39	—	814	130.50–137.75	135.76
5	—	337	185.00	185.00
3	—	380	193.00	193.00
109	—	476	170.00–187.50	177.56
51	—	523	165.00–179.00	169.86
22	—	986	134.00–135.00	134.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	298	185.00	185.00
12	—	631	121.00–138.50	131.11
12	—	585	138.00–140.00	138.82
6	—	548	162.00	162.00
6	—	380	177.50	177.50
13	—	465	165.00–169.00	166.26
25	—	680	131.00–134.00	133.51
4	—	908	124.00	124.00
5	—	313	180.00	180.00
6	—	832	110.00–123.50	116.83
8	—	433	150.00–157.00	154.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	718	129.50–135.00	132.16
5	—	525	150.00	150.00
22	—	576	146.75	146.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	711	131.00–143.00	136.01
40	—	668	137.50–145.00	139.96
40	—	438	138.00–148.00	144.43
27	—	376	149.00–156.00	153.47
18	—	778	131.00–134.00	133.15
3	—	823	123.00	123.00
94	—	479	135.00–145.50	142.56
166	—	524	135.00–147.00	140.82
171	—	623	129.00–139.00	133.39
189	—	572	129.00–141.00	137.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	127.00	127.00
7	—	330	144.00–150.00	146.59
14	—	711	128.00–129.00	128.22
25	—	681	117.00–130.00	125.89
3	—	222	135.00	135.00
4	—	373	143.00	143.00
7	—	556	124.00	124.00
10	—	538	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	613	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	536	131.50	131.50

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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