Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-06

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	642	181.13	1,164	1,412
Medium and Large 1-2	582	173.65	1,011	87

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	929	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	174.70/cwt	166.00–178.00	676	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	164.93/cwt	163.00–167.00	722	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,126	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	1,235	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	189.13/cwt	180.00–194.75	1,097	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	210.97/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,017	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	148.82/cwt	148.00–149.25	1,447	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,117	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	167.91/cwt	162.50–173.25	1,212	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	169.11/cwt	161.00–174.75	1,145	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	181.82/cwt	177.50–192.00	1,145	370
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	158.85/cwt	158.85–158.85	1,280	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	207.10/cwt	201.00–220.50	899	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	155.05/cwt	148.25–161.00	1,061	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	182.62/cwt	177.00–183.00	944	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	203.70/cwt	195.50–215.00	1,080	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	167.52/cwt	163.50–171.00	1,287	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	169.10/cwt	169.00–170.00	1,055	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	967	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	151.12/cwt	145.50–159.50	1,094	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,124	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	157.54/cwt	148.50–162.00	977	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	166.64/cwt	164.00–168.25	790	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	166.20/cwt	162.00–170.25	869	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	881	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	162.56/cwt	151.00–168.00	928	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	154.46/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,423	12

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 Jan 6, 2022

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

Receipts 2,751Last week 2,450Year ago 2,114

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	460	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	387	166.00–178.00	174.70
30	—	438	163.00–167.00	164.93
50	—	770	146.25	146.25
68	—	859	143.75	143.75
261	—	684	148.25–161.00	155.05
89	—	724	145.50–159.50	151.12
256	—	620	148.50–162.00	157.54
77	—	474	164.00–168.25	166.64
111	—	523	162.00–170.25	166.20
182	—	571	151.00–168.00	162.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	591	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	580	180.00–194.75	189.13
92	—	482	200.00–217.00	210.97
38	—	972	148.00–149.25	148.82
252	—	722	162.50–173.25	167.91
175	—	677	161.00–174.75	169.11
370	—	630	177.50–192.00	181.82
50	—	806	158.85	158.85
60	—	434	201.00–220.50	207.10
128	—	530	195.50–215.00	203.70
57	—	768	163.50–171.00	167.52
12	—	921	150.00–156.00	154.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	716	156.00	156.00
49	—	517	177.00–183.00	182.62
19	—	624	169.00–170.00	169.10
4	—	556	174.00	174.00
6	—	797	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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