Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to last sale reported (Dec 17,2020). Trade was active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.06/cwt on 1,278 head.

Average price

$143.06

1,278 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$3.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.69

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	741	143.21	1,061	1,221
Medium and Large 1-2	593	139.74	828	57

One grade step is worth $3.48/cwt here — about $233 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 sale1,278 hd

143.06

—

IA average10 barns · 10,038 hd

143.75

−0.69

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

40 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	—	782	136.41/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,067	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	160.51/cwt	153.75–166.50	929	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	176.83/cwt	169.00–181.00	755	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	166.06/cwt	162.00–174.00	785	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	134.31/cwt	125.50–140.00	701	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,094	121.25/cwt	121.25–121.25	1,326	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	167.11/cwt	151.00–180.00	874	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	134.19/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,103	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	127.90/cwt	122.00–135.00	912	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	130.82/cwt	126.00–135.00	827	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	127.47/cwt	124.50–134.50	864	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,063	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	129.81/cwt	124.50–137.50	748	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	133.82/cwt	127.00–135.10	1,170	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	114.42/cwt	111.00–115.00	819	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	732	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	946	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	1,166	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	144.76/cwt	139.50–152.00	992	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	161.94/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,015	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	142.26/cwt	142.00–143.00	545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,052	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,210	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	141.46/cwt	134.00–146.00	614	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	120.94/cwt	117.00–121.25	1,044	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	123.82/cwt	123.00–125.00	946	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	138.66/cwt	132.00–141.75	996	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	137.31/cwt	134.25–141.00	673	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	145.88/cwt	141.00–151.00	464	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	120.24/cwt	120.00–121.00	700	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	795	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	140.06/cwt	135.00–140.25	843	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	125.56/cwt	125.00–126.50	974	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	548	2

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

Tue Jan 5, 2021

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

Receipts 2,217Last week 2,675Year ago 2,984

No comparison due to last sale reported (Dec 17,2020). Trade was active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	782	130.00–141.00	136.41
102	—	579	153.75–166.50	160.51
21	—	427	169.00–181.00	176.83
23	—	473	162.00–174.00	166.06
56	—	1,094	121.25	121.25
62	—	523	151.00–180.00	167.11
243	—	822	126.00–136.00	134.19
162	—	874	127.00–135.10	133.82
17	—	946	123.25	123.25
102	—	685	139.50–152.00	144.76
113	—	627	159.00–165.00	161.94
231	—	718	132.00–141.75	138.66
4	—	389	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	143.00	143.00
2	—	318	141.00–151.00	145.88
2	—	355	168.00	168.00
12	—	580	137.00	137.00
28	—	602	135.00–140.25	140.06
4	—	480	156.00	156.00
8	—	776	125.00–126.50	125.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	522	125.50–140.00	134.31
137	—	713	122.00–135.00	127.90
97	—	632	126.00–135.00	130.82
129	—	678	124.50–134.50	127.47
70	—	818	130.00	130.00
79	—	576	124.50–137.50	129.81
4	—	383	142.00–143.00	142.26
12	—	903	116.50	116.50
15	—	1,021	118.50	118.50
17	—	434	134.00–146.00	141.46
22	—	863	117.00–121.25	120.94
33	—	764	123.00–125.00	123.82
37	—	490	134.25–141.00	137.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	716	111.00–115.00	114.42
8	—	605	121.00	121.00
1	—	675	117.00	117.00
3	—	493	132.00	132.00
2	—	770	115.00	115.00
4	—	582	120.00–121.00	120.24
2	—	425	129.00	129.00

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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