Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Tuesday's auction steers under 600 lbs. were 4.50-12.00 lower and those over 600 lbs were mostly steady to 6.00 lower. The exception was the 750-800 lb. steers which ended 1.50 higher. Heifers under 650 lbs. were steady to 11.00 lower while the 650-750 lb. heifers were 1.00-3.00 higher. The 750-800 lb. heifers were 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.77/cwt on 1,537 head.

Average price

$137.77

1,537 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$955

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$125

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

$2.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

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	600	140.11	840	137
Medium and Large 1	702	137.54	965	1,400

One grade step is worth $2.57/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale1,537 hd

137.77

—

IA average15 barns · 17,311 hd

140.41

−2.63

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

41 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 1Fancy	—	560	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	792	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	971	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	155.66/cwt	151.00–157.00	713	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	153.11/cwt	150.00–158.00	631	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	118.67/cwt	117.50–120.25	901	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	132.74/cwt	125.00–137.25	958	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	181.04/cwt	175.00–185.00	583	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	168.31/cwt	166.00–180.00	794	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	129.82/cwt	121.50–133.75	994	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	139.93/cwt	132.35–145.75	947	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	168.65/cwt	162.00–177.00	882	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	124.05/cwt	123.75–124.75	1,079	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	123.43/cwt	119.25–127.00	889	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	147.86/cwt	143.50–154.00	852	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	125.91/cwt	122.25–127.25	1,036	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	141.40/cwt	135.75–146.00	894	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	132.52/cwt	127.50–139.25	759	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	121.50/cwt	120.00–122.75	775	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	129.87/cwt	124.50–138.50	809	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	132.06/cwt	130.00–135.50	827	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	176.68/cwt	176.00–177.50	714	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	125.46/cwt	117.00–129.25	729	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	139.97/cwt	132.75–144.50	732	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	503	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	724	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	126.23/cwt	121.00–131.25	847	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	605	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	119.68/cwt	118.00–120.25	1,093	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	118.76/cwt	118.00–122.00	791	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	133.02/cwt	125.00–137.00	650	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	130.25/cwt	129.00–131.50	890	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	124.58/cwt	118.00–129.00	655	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	156.49/cwt	155.00–160.00	742	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	603	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	153.08/cwt	141.00–155.00	821	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	535	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	613	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	791	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	593	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	489	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	619	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	141.65/cwt	140.10–142.75	844	32

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

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

Receipts 2,743Last week 2,192Year ago 2,295

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	560	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	160.00	160.00
5	—	891	109.00	109.00
18	—	458	151.00–157.00	155.66
26	—	412	150.00–158.00	153.11
73	—	759	117.50–120.25	118.67
111	—	720	119.25–127.00	123.43
97	—	573	127.50–139.25	132.52
116	—	623	124.50–138.50	129.87
95	—	523	132.75–144.50	139.97
140	—	671	121.00–131.25	126.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	638	120.00–122.75	121.50
26	—	581	117.00–129.25	125.46
21	—	666	118.00–122.00	118.76
35	—	489	125.00–137.00	133.02
49	—	526	118.00–129.00	124.58
7	—	429	140.50	140.50
6	—	396	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	605	119.50	119.50
12	—	489	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	722	125.00–137.25	132.74
10	—	322	175.00–185.00	181.04
17	—	472	166.00–180.00	168.31
253	—	766	121.50–133.75	129.82
257	—	677	132.35–145.75	139.93
74	—	523	162.00–177.00	168.65
81	—	870	123.75–124.75	124.05
127	—	576	143.50–154.00	147.86
7	—	392	177.50	177.50
172	—	823	122.25–127.25	125.91
148	—	632	135.75–146.00	141.40
11	—	404	176.00–177.50	176.68
19	—	913	118.00–120.25	119.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	626	130.00–135.50	132.06
41	—	683	129.00–131.50	130.25
10	—	474	155.00–160.00	156.49
25	—	536	141.00–155.00	153.08
32	—	596	140.10–142.75	141.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	503	144.00	144.00
4	—	613	129.00	129.00
6	—	593	135.00	135.00

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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