Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.59/cwt on 517 head.

Average price

$126.59

517 head · 811 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$7.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.44

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	828	127.43	1,056	462
Medium and Large 1-2	661	119.52	789	55

One grade step is worth $7.91/cwt here — about $266 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 sale517 hd

126.59

—

IA average8 barns · 3,055 hd

125.15

+1.44

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

35 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	—	481	129.97/cwt	125.00–138.00	625	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	140.98/cwt	136.00–143.00	883	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,182	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	131.54/cwt	127.00–133.50	1,088	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,097	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	149.59/cwt	144.00–153.50	829	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	131.56/cwt	127.00–137.00	934	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	124.63/cwt	116.00–125.50	1,153	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	133.10/cwt	130.00–134.50	1,016	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	132.62/cwt	132.00–134.00	890	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	139.86/cwt	139.00–142.00	593	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	541	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	124.72/cwt	118.00–126.10	1,069	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	121.73/cwt	121.00–124.50	1,075	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	707	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	947	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	886	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	126.10/cwt	126.10–126.10	1,048	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	127.86/cwt	126.00–130.50	800	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	496	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	689	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	665	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	941	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	666	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,041	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	610	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	915	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	913	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,135	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	122.52/cwt	112.00–124.10	1,184	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,036	120.10/cwt	120.10–120.10	1,244	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	126.68/cwt	126.50–127.00	812	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	511	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	838	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	145.93/cwt	142.00–149.00	765	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	124.50/cwt	123.00–126.00	716	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	134.98/cwt	129.50–136.00	776	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	834	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	21

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 Oct 29, 2020

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

Receipts 934Last week 1,654Year ago 1,267

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trading was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	481	125.00–138.00	129.97
67	—	925	116.00–125.50	124.63
11	—	424	139.00–142.00	139.86
41	—	857	118.00–126.10	124.72
14	—	831	126.10	126.10
6	—	723	126.25	126.25
7	—	1,170	97.00	97.00
121	—	966	112.00–124.10	122.52
56	—	1,036	120.10	120.10
43	—	575	129.50–136.00	134.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	541	135.00	135.00
15	—	496	139.00	139.00
33	—	603	138.25	138.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	665	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	641	126.50–127.00	126.68
20	—	575	123.00–126.00	124.50
21	—	755	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	626	136.00–143.00	140.98
4	—	1,065	111.00	111.00
10	—	827	127.00–133.50	131.54
5	—	914	120.00	120.00
22	—	554	144.00–153.50	149.59
11	—	710	127.00–137.00	131.56
26	—	763	130.00–134.50	133.10
14	—	883	121.00–124.50	121.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	671	132.00–134.00	132.62
6	—	707	134.00	134.00
15	—	511	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	656	135.00	135.00
20	—	524	142.00–149.00	145.93
6	—	580	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	626	126.00–130.50	127.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	666	156.25	156.25
46	—	610	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	121.00	121.00

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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