Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-01-06

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 6
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,751 head
▲ 301 vs last sale 2,450▲ 637 vs year ago 2,114 · +30.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Tuesday's auction, steer calves under 500 lbs. were sharply higher, 550-700 lbs. steady to 6.00 higher, over 700 lbs. mostly 4.00 higher. Heifer calves under 550 lbs. were sharply higher, 550-700 lbs. 4.00-6.00 higher and those over 700 lbs. mostly 2.00 higher. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Several large groups and some load lots were included in the offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.70/cwt on 1,499 head.
Average price
$180.70
1,499 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,154
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.31
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1642181.131,1641,412
Medium and Large 1-2582173.651,01187
One grade step is worth $7.48/cwt here — about $153 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 sale1,499 hd
180.70
—
IA average12 barns · 13,907 hd
171.38
+9.31
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

29 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—460202.00/cwt202.00–202.009299
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—573131.00/cwt131.00–131.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—387174.70/cwt166.00–178.0067615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—438164.93/cwt163.00–167.0072230
HeifersMedium and Large 1—770146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,12650
HeifersMedium and Large 1—859143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,23568
SteersMedium and Large 1—580189.13/cwt180.00–194.751,097178
SteersMedium and Large 1—482210.97/cwt200.00–217.001,01792
SteersMedium and Large 1—972148.82/cwt148.00–149.251,44738
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—716156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1179
SteersMedium and Large 1—722167.91/cwt162.50–173.251,212252
SteersMedium and Large 1—677169.11/cwt161.00–174.751,145175
SteersMedium and Large 1—630181.82/cwt177.50–192.001,145370
SteersMedium and Large 1—806158.85/cwt158.85–158.851,28050
SteersMedium and Large 1—434207.10/cwt201.00–220.5089960
HeifersMedium and Large 1—684155.05/cwt148.25–161.001,061261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—517182.62/cwt177.00–183.0094449
SteersMedium and Large 1—530203.70/cwt195.50–215.001,080128
SteersMedium and Large 1—768167.52/cwt163.50–171.001,28757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—624169.10/cwt169.00–170.001,05519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—556174.00/cwt174.00–174.009674
HeifersMedium and Large 1—724151.12/cwt145.50–159.501,09489
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—797141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,1246
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620157.54/cwt148.50–162.00977256
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474166.64/cwt164.00–168.2579077
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523166.20/cwt162.00–170.25869111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—591149.00/cwt149.00–149.008818
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571162.56/cwt151.00–168.00928182
SteersMedium and Large 1—921154.46/cwt150.00–156.001,42312

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.