Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers were 15.00 to 25.00 lower. Demand was moderate for the moderate offerings. Buyers were looking to buy, but at lower prices. This followed 2 consecutive days of limit lower on cattle slaughter futures.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $123.61/cwt on 730 head.

Average price

$123.61

730 head · 727 lb average

Value per head Derived

$898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$133

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

$12.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.08

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	575	134.75	775	59
Medium and Large 1	740	122.63	908	671

One grade step is worth $12.12/cwt here — about −$133 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 sale730 hd

123.61

—

IA average7 barns · 3,219 hd

131.69

−8.08

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

42 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 1-2	—	267	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	449	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	597	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	166.81/cwt	164.00–174.00	716	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,067	92.25/cwt	92.25–92.25	984	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	140.09/cwt	138.00–145.00	881	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	147.52/cwt	145.00–156.75	774	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	847	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	156.90/cwt	156.00–157.00	701	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	663	136.97/cwt	135.00–137.50	908	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	810	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	102.68/cwt	100.00–103.00	839	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	125.17/cwt	119.25–131.25	899	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	98.75/cwt	98.75–98.75	950	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	124.12/cwt	120.25–131.75	848	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	138.60/cwt	135.00–140.00	528	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	136.84/cwt	133.50–140.00	657	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	848	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	120.39/cwt	119.75–121.00	809	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	94.33/cwt	94.00–95.00	736	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	461	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	87.74/cwt	78.00–89.85	888	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	97.49/cwt	94.50–98.00	796	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	831	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	99.66/cwt	95.00–109.00	784	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	620	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	125.75/cwt	120.00–130.75	775	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	130.88/cwt	129.00–136.00	696	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	129.50/cwt	123.00–133.75	756	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	739	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	125.19/cwt	121.00–126.00	805	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	564	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	148.49/cwt	146.00–156.00	845	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	114.73/cwt	111.75–116.75	871	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	933	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	107.86/cwt	101.25–109.00	936	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	732	8

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 Apr 2, 2020

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	267	168.00	168.00
7	—	873	97.00	97.00
20	—	447	156.00–157.00	156.90
5	—	754	99.00	99.00
12	—	643	121.00–126.00	125.19
4	—	546	142.00	142.00
8	—	550	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	371	161.00	161.00
20	—	429	164.00–174.00	166.81
30	—	1,067	92.25	92.25
61	—	629	138.00–145.00	140.09
67	—	525	145.00–156.75	147.52
12	—	491	165.00	165.00
28	—	817	100.00–103.00	102.68
48	—	718	119.25–131.25	125.17
66	—	962	98.75	98.75
107	—	683	120.25–131.75	124.12
9	—	344	164.00	164.00
23	—	569	146.00–156.00	148.49
38	—	759	111.75–116.75	114.73
61	—	915	102.00	102.00
81	—	868	101.25–109.00	107.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	663	135.00–137.50	136.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	381	135.00–140.00	138.60
46	—	480	133.50–140.00	136.84
57	—	902	94.00	94.00
68	—	672	119.75–121.00	120.39
4	—	316	146.00	146.00
29	—	1,012	78.00–89.85	87.74
56	—	817	94.50–98.00	97.49
58	—	875	95.00	95.00
112	—	787	95.00–109.00	99.66
2	—	723	99.50	99.50
24	—	419	148.00	148.00
54	—	616	120.00–130.75	125.75
58	—	532	129.00–136.00	130.88
85	—	584	123.00–133.75	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	705	96.00	96.00
6	—	780	94.00–95.00	94.33
5	—	589	120.00	120.00
4	—	545	120.00	120.00
7	—	651	113.50	113.50

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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