Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; 500-700 pound steers were steady to 5.5 higher, 500-700 pound heifers were steady to 4.00 higher. Trade active, good demand with moderate offerings of good clean quality cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.70/cwt on 1,204 head.

Average price

$155.70

1,204 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$6.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.28

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	697	156.56	1,092	1,034
Medium and Large 1-2	635	150.47	956	170

One grade step is worth $6.09/cwt here — about $135 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 sale1,204 hd

155.70

—

IA average9 barns · 7,597 hd

154.42

+1.28

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

39 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	—	871	136.10/cwt	136.10–136.10	1,185	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	147.07/cwt	140.00–152.00	841	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	136.80/cwt	132.00–144.00	918	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	455	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	140.48/cwt	132.00–144.00	590	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	134.35/cwt	127.00–137.50	779	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	149.79/cwt	142.50–154.00	728	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	151.25/cwt	145.00–158.00	799	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	131.15/cwt	125.00–133.75	960	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	608	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	917	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,012	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	128.95/cwt	126.00–130.75	881	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	149.55/cwt	146.00–152.00	648	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	129.26/cwt	125.25–130.00	990	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	139.91/cwt	135.00–147.75	879	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	409	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	667	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	136.89/cwt	130.00–140.00	713	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	130.49/cwt	127.00–132.00	838	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,162	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	186.30/cwt	177.00–191.75	969	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	161.08/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,100	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	141.35/cwt	134.50–144.75	1,103	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	689	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	855	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	145.71/cwt	137.50–150.25	1,000	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	927	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	131.85/cwt	131.85–131.85	1,212	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	153.10/cwt	148.00–157.75	1,110	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	174.00/cwt	167.00–178.00	1,004	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,073	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	154.94/cwt	149.00–162.00	911	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	175.70/cwt	166.00–184.00	831	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	193.27/cwt	190.00–197.00	845	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	167.19/cwt	159.50–173.00	1,037	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	138.62/cwt	135.25–141.10	1,126	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	708	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	963	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	165.42/cwt	159.00–171.00	868	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,007	20

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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 2,468Last week 2,197Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	871	136.10	136.10
100	—	572	140.00–152.00	147.07
216	—	671	132.00–144.00	136.80
59	—	486	142.50–154.00	149.79
95	—	528	145.00–158.00	151.25
173	—	732	125.00–133.75	131.15
23	—	433	146.00–152.00	149.55
71	—	766	125.25–130.00	129.26
126	—	628	135.00–147.75	139.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	139.00	139.00
6	—	613	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	420	132.00–144.00	140.48
16	—	580	127.00–137.50	134.35
4	—	865	117.00	117.00
13	—	683	126.00–130.75	128.95
10	—	521	130.00–140.00	136.89
42	—	642	127.00–132.00	130.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	608	150.75	150.75
8	—	409	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	889	130.75	130.75
70	—	520	177.00–191.75	186.30
145	—	683	159.00–165.00	161.08
231	—	780	134.50–144.75	141.35
7	—	467	198.50	198.50
40	—	919	131.85	131.85
81	—	725	148.00–157.75	153.10
173	—	577	167.00–178.00	174.00
34	—	437	190.00–197.00	193.27
77	—	620	159.50–173.00	167.19
151	—	812	135.25–141.10	138.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	180.00	180.00
15	—	603	141.75	141.75
80	—	686	137.50–150.25	145.71
3	—	902	119.00	119.00
15	—	588	149.00–162.00	154.94
23	—	473	166.00–184.00	175.70
10	—	525	159.00–171.00	165.42
20	—	746	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	708	136.00	136.00

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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