Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2020-04-09

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Apr 9
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
376 head
1,139 vs last sale 1,515 376 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer prices were mostly higher. All tested categories experienced light tests. Steers 750-800 lb. steers were 4.00 higher and 900-950 lb steers were 7.50 higher. Heifers 450-500 lbs. were 2.00 higher and 750-900 lb. heifers were 2.50-11.50 higher. Demand was good and trade was active for the light offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.58/cwt on 191 head.
Average price
$130.58
191 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$946
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$294
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$28.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.11
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2417158.006596thin
Medium and Large 1734129.69953185
One grade step is worth $28.31/cwt here — about −$294 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 sale191 hd
130.58
IA average5 barns · 2,021 hd
141.70
−11.11
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

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1612122.00/cwt122.00–122.007473
HeifersMedium and Large 1678113.25/cwt113.25–113.2576812
HeifersMedium and Large 1771111.50/cwt111.50–111.5086024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760100.25/cwt100.25–100.257624
HeifersMedium and Large 1378155.00/cwt155.00–155.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 1595123.00/cwt123.00–123.007329
HeifersMedium and Large 1824100.25/cwt100.25–100.2582616
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned580125.00/cwt125.00–125.0072511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy475155.50/cwt155.50–155.5073918
HeifersMedium and Large 1540134.50/cwt134.50–134.507266
HeifersMedium and Large 1485139.14/cwt139.00–140.0067514
HeifersMedium and Large 1872100.75/cwt100.75–100.7587940
SteersMedium and Large 1861105.50/cwt105.50–105.509088
SteersMedium and Large 1920109.85/cwt109.85–109.851,01161
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned601142.00/cwt142.00–142.0085346
SteersMedium and Large 1710121.50/cwt121.50–121.508636
SteersMedium and Large 1790119.00/cwt119.00–119.0094021
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned598149.00/cwt149.00–149.0089112
SteersMedium and Large 1493164.50/cwt164.50–164.508115
SteersMedium and Large 1604157.47/cwt157.00–158.0095115
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned515156.00/cwt156.00–156.0080311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2417158.00/cwt158.00–158.006596

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.