Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-03-25

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 25
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,207 head
▼ 343 vs last sale 2,550▲ 713 vs year ago 1,494 · +47.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. The tone of the market for both steers and heifers was strong. Demand was 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 $152.74/cwt on 1,202 head.
Average price
$152.74
1,202 head · 727 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,111
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$31.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.92
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726153.261,1131,142
Medium and Large 1-2690146.041,00852
Large 11,072121.501,3028thin
One grade step is worth $31.76/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale1,202 hd
152.74
—
IA average7 barns · 3,960 hd
144.82
+7.92
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

39 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—770145.41/cwt142.00–154.001,120169
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—680144.54/cwt143.00–146.0098310
SteersMedium and Large 1—536181.53/cwt171.00–185.5097376
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—568139.25/cwt139.25–139.257915
SteersMedium and Large 1—904124.37/cwt120.00–127.001,12416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—769131.63/cwt127.00–137.501,01285
SteersMedium and Large 1—330192.50/cwt192.50–192.506355
SteersLarge 1—1,072121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,3028
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—713140.00/cwt140.00–140.0099868
BullsMedium and Large 1—764122.02/cwt119.00–124.009325
BullsMedium and Large 1—666140.50/cwt140.50–140.509368
HeifersMedium and Large 1—346164.00/cwt164.00–164.005674
HeifersMedium and Large 1—411157.89/cwt153.00–160.0064913
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—796150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,19426
SteersMedium and Large 1—631169.74/cwt161.00–178.001,071199
HeifersMedium and Large 1—813128.18/cwt121.50–131.001,04250
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620149.02/cwt140.50–154.5092493
HeifersMedium and Large 1—586150.10/cwt143.00–156.7588087
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—549164.00/cwt164.00–164.009009
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—494140.00/cwt140.00–140.006928
SteersMedium and Large 1—574180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,03625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477157.14/cwt153.00–161.0075027
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523148.18/cwt143.25–151.0077540
HeifersMedium and Large 1—727130.21/cwt127.00–134.0094779
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—722140.71/cwt140.00–141.001,01614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—667131.00/cwt131.00–131.008747
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—648155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0046
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669139.72/cwt133.50–145.50935131
SteersMedium and Large 1—813138.38/cwt134.25–144.851,125143
SteersMedium and Large 1—873134.15/cwt126.00–135.851,171144
HeifersMedium and Large 1—909118.28/cwt114.00–119.501,07514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—794120.99/cwt119.00–123.0096110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—636138.50/cwt137.00–139.0088116
SteersMedium and Large 1—961130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2495
SteersMedium and Large 1—495177.00/cwt177.00–177.008768
SteersMedium and Large 1—731151.57/cwt146.10–156.001,108242
SteersMedium and Large 1—682159.65/cwt155.25–168.501,089110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—747147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,09833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—781136.35/cwt134.00–139.001,06513

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.