Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was no recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was active with moderate to good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.33/cwt on 710 head.

Average price

$151.33

710 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$32.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.23

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	665	152.36	1,013	683
Medium and Large 1-2	708	131.50	930	12thin
Large 1	765	120.00	918	15thin

One grade step is worth $32.36/cwt here — about $95 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 sale710 hd

151.33

—

IA average2 barns · 835 hd

147.10

+4.23

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

33 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	—	583	163.49/cwt	163.00–164.00	953	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	145.54/cwt	140.00–147.50	1,057	60
Steers	Large 1	—	793	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	916	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	178.81/cwt	173.00–185.00	683	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	138.44/cwt	134.50–140.75	1,135	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	163.47/cwt	158.00–164.50	1,027	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	152.75/cwt	147.75–156.50	1,045	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	972	6
Steers	Large 1	—	709	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	173.31/cwt	169.00–175.00	697	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	174.48/cwt	172.00–179.50	818	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	871	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	616	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	119.40/cwt	118.50–119.75	1,104	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	123.82/cwt	122.75–125.00	1,059	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	167.70/cwt	164.00–171.75	867	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	138.66/cwt	132.00–146.00	1,061	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	1,078	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	122.32/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,001	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	122.54/cwt	119.00–126.00	946	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	127.78/cwt	124.00–136.00	920	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	716	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	163.79/cwt	163.00–166.00	619	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	171.67/cwt	168.00–176.00	536	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	154.27/cwt	144.00–159.00	714	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	138.62/cwt	130.00–141.25	929	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	884	14
Heifers	Large 1	—	761	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	879	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	139.70/cwt	134.00–141.25	876	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	157.74/cwt	145.00–160.00	817	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	158.97/cwt	155.00–162.00	696	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	148.25/cwt	139.00–152.25	861	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	136.21/cwt	130.00–138.00	793	24

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 Mar 26, 2020

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

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There was no recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was active with moderate to good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	583	163.00–164.00	163.49
60	—	726	140.00–147.50	145.54
20	—	382	173.00–185.00	178.81
35	—	820	134.50–140.75	138.44
64	—	628	158.00–164.50	163.47
122	—	684	147.75–156.50	152.75
18	—	402	169.00–175.00	173.31
27	—	469	172.00–179.50	174.48
7	—	331	186.00	186.00
21	—	925	118.50–119.75	119.40
37	—	855	122.75–125.00	123.82
71	—	517	164.00–171.75	167.70
128	—	765	132.00–146.00	138.66
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	793	115.50	115.50
5	—	709	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	797	122.00	122.00
6	—	618	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	878	122.75	122.75
23	—	818	118.00–125.00	122.32
46	—	772	119.00–126.00	122.54
57	—	720	124.00–136.00	127.78
11	—	378	163.00–166.00	163.79
19	—	312	168.00–176.00	171.67
38	—	463	144.00–159.00	154.27
52	—	670	130.00–141.25	138.62
18	—	627	134.00–141.25	139.70
28	—	518	145.00–160.00	157.74
47	—	438	155.00–162.00	158.97
110	—	581	139.00–152.25	148.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	508	141.00	141.00
14	—	689	128.25	128.25
24	—	582	130.00–138.00	136.21
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	761	115.50	115.50

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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