Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer calves under 550 sold 10.00 higher while the heavier steers ended steady to 5.00 lower. The heifer calves under 650 lbs. were mostly 2.00 lower while the heavier heifers did not have enough to compare. Demand was 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 $171.83/cwt on 852 head.

Average price

$171.83

852 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$21.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.93

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	173.24	1,004	711
Medium and Large 1-2	532	165.92	883	129
Medium 1	541	152.00	822	12thin

One grade step is worth $21.24/cwt here — about $182 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 sale852 hd

171.83

—

IA average11 barns · 6,889 hd

158.90

+12.93

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

58 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 1Unweaned	—	626	162.98/cwt	157.00–170.00	1,020	69
Steers	Medium 1	—	541	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	822	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	351	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	667	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	172.65/cwt	169.00–178.00	1,017	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,066	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	160.74/cwt	157.00–165.00	927	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	149.13/cwt	145.00–150.75	1,010	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	824	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	145.00/cwt	143.50–146.00	1,128	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	161.93/cwt	157.00–169.00	1,001	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	146.25/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,035	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	851	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	392	209.48/cwt	205.00–215.00	821	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	189.30/cwt	179.00–190.50	1,009	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	185.30/cwt	177.00–189.00	902	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	538	160.34/cwt	152.00–170.00	863	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	444	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	759	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	446	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	948	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	208.56/cwt	197.50–220.00	820	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	606	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	909	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	717	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	1,088	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	959	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,316	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	958	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	140.38/cwt	140.00–141.00	811	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	147.90/cwt	141.00–150.00	781	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	148.64/cwt	141.00–153.00	719	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	515	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	878	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	149.06/cwt	143.00–155.25	847	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	852	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	917	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	594	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,066	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	150.44/cwt	146.00–154.00	703	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	134.87/cwt	130.00–140.00	754	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	594	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	573	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	837	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	616	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	832	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,114	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	148.48/cwt	144.25–151.75	909	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	513	141.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	725	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	155.69/cwt	148.00–161.00	666	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	592	170.79/cwt	165.00–172.75	1,011	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	509	184.18/cwt	175.75–189.50	937	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,289	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	151.96/cwt	145.00–159.00	629	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	943	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	953	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	179.90/cwt	169.00–187.00	777	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	152.37/cwt	148.50–156.00	948	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	416	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	163.08/cwt	155.50–165.00	934	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,237	13

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

Thu Nov 18, 2021

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

Receipts 1,650Last week 1,750Year ago 2,339

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	626	157.00–170.00	162.98
3	—	340	192.00	192.00
34	—	677	145.00–150.75	149.13
8	—	470	181.00	181.00
9	—	392	205.00–215.00	209.48
11	—	446	212.50	212.50
23	—	717	151.75	151.75
108	—	592	165.00–172.75	170.79
71	—	509	175.75–189.50	184.18
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	541	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	351	190.00	190.00
5	—	534	171.00	171.00
28	—	577	157.00–165.00	160.74
14	—	471	175.00	175.00
10	—	778	143.50–146.00	145.00
21	—	432	169.00–187.00	179.90
14	—	622	148.50–156.00	152.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	589	169.00–178.00	172.65
20	—	692	154.00	154.00
105	—	618	157.00–169.00	161.93
15	—	708	143.00–148.00	146.25
56	—	533	179.00–190.50	189.30
49	—	487	177.00–189.00	185.30
8	—	393	197.50–220.00	208.56
13	—	772	160.25	160.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	538	152.00–170.00	160.34
13	—	444	171.00	171.00
4	—	606	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	460	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	135.00	135.00
4	—	670	130.00	130.00
5	—	624	136.50	136.50
31	—	559	130.00–140.00	134.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	650	147.50	147.50
3	—	975	135.00	135.00
44	—	528	141.00–150.00	147.90
99	—	568	143.00–155.25	149.06
27	—	467	146.00–154.00	150.44
5	—	345	162.00	162.00
14	—	369	161.00	161.00
6	—	768	145.00	145.00
73	—	612	144.25–151.75	148.48
14	—	941	137.00	137.00
19	—	414	145.00–159.00	151.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	484	141.00–153.00	148.64
18	—	672	136.50	136.50
25	—	513	140.00–145.00	141.42
52	—	428	148.00–161.00	155.69
26	—	631	151.00	151.00
29	—	573	155.50–165.00	163.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	515	170.50	170.50
49	—	594	179.50	179.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	573	146.00	146.00
12	—	616	135.00	135.00
4	—	416	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	805	119.00	119.00
5	—	578	140.00–141.00	140.38
2	—	470	141.00	141.00

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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