Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 550 lbs. sold 5.00-10.00 higher, the heavier steers sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. The exception was 650-700 lb steers ending 6.00 higher on a good number of good quality calves. Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady, while the heavier heifers were steady to 2.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand for the heavy offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.05/cwt on 1,298 head.

Average price

$150.05

1,298 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$10.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.06

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	718	150.72	1,082	1,215
Medium and Large 1-2	691	140.32	969	83

One grade step is worth $10.40/cwt here — about $113 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 sale1,298 hd

150.05

—

IA average10 barns · 9,938 hd

152.11

−2.06

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

40 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 1Fleshy	—	586	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	762	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	128.35/cwt	123.75–131.25	922	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	139.50/cwt	134.00–145.25	869	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	785	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	769	119.55/cwt	119.00–120.50	919	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	165.60/cwt	161.50–169.00	692	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	148.02/cwt	141.00–151.50	785	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	143.31/cwt	135.00–147.75	824	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	127.53/cwt	125.00–130.00	792	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	733	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	903	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	936	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	1,158	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	858	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,090	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,012	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,225	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	136.93/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,120	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	135.76/cwt	131.50–136.50	1,211	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	140.97/cwt	137.25–145.75	1,084	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	911	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	137.24/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,003	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	481	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	794	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	827	134.58/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,113	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	144.80/cwt	144.25–145.00	977	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	184.29/cwt	175.00–193.00	857	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	183.41/cwt	173.00–188.00	965	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	159.93/cwt	148.50–163.50	1,051	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	161.58/cwt	151.25–163.75	1,018	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	968	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	639	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	927	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	751	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,016	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	788	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	135.60/cwt	135.60–135.60	1,231	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	169.59/cwt	159.50–171.00	987	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	146.81/cwt	141.75–155.75	1,067	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	143.04/cwt	141.50–145.75	961	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	671	128.34/cwt	126.50–130.00	861	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	154.76/cwt	151.25–158.25	754	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	136.45/cwt	130.00–140.50	924	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	127.40/cwt	127.00–129.50	891	31

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 Feb 13, 2020

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

Receipts 2,197Last week 2,034Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	586	130.00	130.00
11	—	769	119.00–120.50	119.55
10	—	733	123.25	123.25
19	—	671	126.50–130.00	128.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	718	123.75–131.25	128.35
127	—	623	134.00–145.25	139.50
38	—	418	161.50–169.00	165.60
83	—	530	141.00–151.50	148.02
156	—	575	135.00–147.75	143.31
78	—	487	151.25–158.25	154.76
131	—	677	130.00–140.50	136.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	135.00	135.00
11	—	579	135.50	135.50
8	—	621	125.00–130.00	127.53
4	—	735	123.50	123.50
31	—	699	127.00–129.50	127.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	936	123.75	123.75
29	—	858	127.00	127.00
56	—	1,012	121.00	121.00
4	—	481	165.00	165.00
21	—	827	134.00–135.00	134.58
46	—	675	144.25–145.00	144.80
10	—	639	145.00	145.00
40	—	751	135.25	135.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	818	133.00–140.00	136.93
89	—	892	131.50–136.50	135.76
160	—	769	137.25–145.75	140.97
32	—	465	175.00–193.00	184.29
75	—	526	173.00–188.00	183.41
108	—	657	148.50–163.50	159.93
172	—	630	151.25–163.75	161.58
7	—	438	180.00	180.00
52	—	908	135.60	135.60
107	—	582	159.50–171.00	169.59
164	—	727	141.75–155.75	146.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	159.00	159.00
21	—	731	136.00–138.00	137.24
17	—	762	127.00	127.00
5	—	506	164.00	164.00
36	—	672	141.50–145.75	143.04

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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