Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursdays auction steers under 600 lbs. were 6.00 lower to 2.00 higher. The steers over 600 lbs. sold steady to 6.00 lower. Heifers 500-650 were 1.00 lower to 5.00 higher, while the 650-750 heifers ended steady to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.97/cwt on 1,173 head.

Average price

$140.97

1,173 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$992

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$11.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.83

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	706	141.50	999	1,088
Medium and Large 1-2	651	135.29	880	65
Large 1	764	130.45	997	20

One grade step is worth $11.05/cwt here — about $2 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 sale1,173 hd

140.97

—

IA average15 barns · 17,859 hd

141.80

−0.83

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

38 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	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,048	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	996	3
Steers	Large 1	—	698	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	949	9
Steers	Large 1	—	709	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	957	6
Steers	Large 1	—	949	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,091	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	745	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	954	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	912	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,094	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	823	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	123.29/cwt	121.00–124.75	949	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	125.55/cwt	119.50–130.00	855	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	129.94/cwt	124.00–135.50	1,016	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	128.29/cwt	120.00–129.50	1,073	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	132.83/cwt	126.50–136.25	838	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	133.86/cwt	127.00–138.00	771	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	136.65/cwt	135.00–140.00	630	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	135.79/cwt	127.00–139.75	990	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	173.26/cwt	172.00–181.00	904	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	712	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	975	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	148.29/cwt	145.75–151.00	937	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	128.82/cwt	127.00–130.00	873	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	136.43/cwt	134.00–138.00	854	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,097	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	120.16/cwt	116.00–123.00	870	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	199.75/cwt	199.75–199.75	907	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	144.32/cwt	137.50–149.50	960	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	999	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	150.21/cwt	150.00–151.00	865	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	147.60/cwt	144.50–152.00	700	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,174	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,085	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	160.78/cwt	153.00–163.25	912	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	119.16/cwt	118.75–120.00	759	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	122.68/cwt	120.00–125.00	709	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	118.09/cwt	117.00–120.00	771	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	133.04/cwt	130.00–135.50	681	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	610	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	151.96/cwt	144.50–152.75	764	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	997	4

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 12, 2021

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

Receipts 2,192Last week 2,114Year ago 2,295

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	770	121.00–124.75	123.29
118	—	681	119.50–130.00	125.55
174	—	631	126.50–136.25	132.83
69	—	576	127.00–138.00	133.86
93	—	724	116.00–123.00	120.16
12	—	474	144.50–152.00	147.60
17	—	385	158.50	158.50
66	—	503	144.50–152.75	151.96
3	—	330	167.50	167.50
4	—	898	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	461	135.00–140.00	136.65
15	—	637	118.75–120.00	119.16
29	—	578	120.00–125.00	122.68
11	—	653	117.00–120.00	118.09
32	—	512	130.00–135.50	133.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	712	137.00	137.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	698	136.00	136.00
6	—	709	135.00	135.00
5	—	949	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	745	128.00	128.00
21	—	912	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	440	187.00	187.00
179	—	782	124.00–135.50	129.94
22	—	836	120.00–129.50	128.29
188	—	729	127.00–139.75	135.79
40	—	522	172.00–181.00	173.26
75	—	632	145.75–151.00	148.29
7	—	954	115.00	115.00
18	—	454	199.75	199.75
346	—	665	137.50–149.50	144.32
48	—	921	127.50	127.50
40	—	886	122.50	122.50
82	—	567	153.00–163.25	160.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	678	127.00–130.00	128.82
25	—	626	134.00–138.00	136.43
5	—	869	115.00	115.00
14	—	576	150.00–151.00	150.21

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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