Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2021-04-22

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Apr 22
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,100 head
742 vs last sale 1,842 699 vs year ago 1,799 · 38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 400-600 lbs. sold mostly 4.00-7.00 lower, 600-650 lbs. 4.00 higher and those over 650 lbs. were mostly 6.00 lower. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. were 6.00-12.00 higher, those over 600 lbs. were lower but we didn't have good volumes to compare. Demand was mostly moderate to good for the light offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.16/cwt on 606 head.
Average price
$154.16
606 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$965
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$19.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.06
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1627157.73989449
Medium and Large 1-2616146.35902109
Large 1642138.4988948
One grade step is worth $19.24/cwt here — about $100 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 sale606 hd
154.16
IA average4 barns · 1,141 hd
138.10
+16.06
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

37 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
SteersLarge 1Unweaned607142.00/cwt142.00–142.0086228
SteersLarge 1691133.58/cwt132.00–136.0092320
HeifersLarge 1648126.00/cwt126.00–126.008165
HeifersLarge 1688117.00/cwt117.00–117.008055
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy754123.00/cwt123.00–123.009278
HeifersMedium and Large 1663129.34/cwt127.00–130.0085819
SteersMedium and Large 1617162.77/cwt160.50–170.001,00457
HeifersMedium and Large 1377155.00/cwt155.00–155.0058411
SteersMedium and Large 1529173.39/cwt166.50–180.5091785
SteersMedium and Large 1682148.05/cwt147.25–151.001,01046
SteersMedium and Large 1772131.07/cwt126.00–136.251,01214
SteersMedium and Large 1420183.54/cwt181.00–187.0077124
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned456161.25/cwt161.25–161.2573533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2437177.00/cwt177.00–177.007733
HeifersMedium and Large 1520159.62/cwt152.00–163.2583057
SteersMedium and Large 1364191.08/cwt187.00–197.0069611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned579151.50/cwt151.50–151.5087728
SteersMedium and Large 1459178.00/cwt178.00–178.0081723
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned483167.50/cwt167.50–167.5080943
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672133.86/cwt130.00–137.0090016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576151.09/cwt147.00–156.0087037
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629121.90/cwt118.00–126.007678
SteersMedium and Large 1580162.85/cwt159.00–173.0094534
SteersMedium and Large 1837134.45/cwt131.25–136.001,12585
HeifersMedium and Large 1948111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524162.50/cwt162.50–162.508525
HeifersMedium and Large 1583148.67/cwt142.00–151.0086755
SteersMedium and Large 1-2722127.48/cwt125.00–132.0092011
SteersMedium and Large 1887126.61/cwt124.50–127.001,12319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510147.00/cwt147.00–147.007506
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2788111.00/cwt111.00–111.008753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628147.96/cwt145.00–152.0092937
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695117.66/cwt116.00–121.008186
HeifersMedium and Large 1758120.95/cwt117.50–123.0091719
HeifersMedium and Large 1612136.20/cwt131.50–143.0083429
HeifersMedium and Large 1423168.36/cwt157.00–172.5071247
HeifersMedium and Large 1474162.53/cwt159.00–167.0077052

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.