Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday steers under 750 lbs. were steady to 3.00 lower; over 750 lbs. steady to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves under 650 lbs. sold 4.00-6.00 lower; over 650 lbs. 4.00 lower to 1.00 higher. 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 $168.76/cwt on 1,059 head.

Average price

$168.76

1,059 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$279

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$32.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.06

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	702	169.01	1,187	1,002
Medium and Large 1-2	605	166.42	1,007	53
Large 1	1,070	137.00	1,466	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.01/cwt here — about −$279 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 sale1,059 hd

168.76

—

IA average13 barns · 16,989 hd

170.83

−2.06

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,005	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,307	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,101	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	159.57/cwt	159.00–160.00	653	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	138.62/cwt	133.00–142.00	1,242	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	826	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	170.54/cwt	169.00–171.50	873	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	175.22/cwt	170.00–178.00	1,081	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	219.59/cwt	212.50–222.50	852	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	199.58/cwt	191.00–203.00	1,038	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	202.71/cwt	200.00–207.50	951	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	151.23/cwt	141.00–152.25	1,367	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	161.11/cwt	160.00–162.50	1,265	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	185.58/cwt	179.00–193.00	1,060	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	425	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	842	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	553	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	973	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	319	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	502	4
Steers	Large 1	—	1,070	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	164.60/cwt	159.00–168.50	1,193	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	535	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	899	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	159.11/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,298	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	168.94/cwt	159.50–173.00	1,130	246
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	150.39/cwt	144.00–154.75	1,006	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	466	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	718	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	369	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,016	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	154.68/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,043	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	154.52/cwt	152.50–159.75	896	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	149.02/cwt	142.00–156.25	924	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	142.25/cwt	141.25–143.00	1,097	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	219.18/cwt	202.50–225.00	907	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	162.33/cwt	160.00–164.50	1,016	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	151.24/cwt	150.00–151.50	809	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	150.48/cwt	150.00–151.00	861	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	686	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	140.32/cwt	140.00–140.50	1,029	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	152.34/cwt	143.00–159.00	1,086	93

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

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

Receipts 1,903Last week 2,751Year ago 2,743

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,005	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	910	121.00	121.00
7	—	409	159.00–160.00	159.57
8	—	896	133.00–142.00	138.62
11	—	490	168.50	168.50
36	—	512	169.00–171.50	170.54
94	—	669	144.00–154.75	150.39
81	—	580	152.50–159.75	154.52
171	—	620	142.00–156.25	149.02
53	—	771	141.25–143.00	142.25
93	—	713	143.00–159.00	152.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	319	157.50	157.50
8	—	466	154.00	154.00
5	—	369	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	535	150.00–151.50	151.24
7	—	664	138.00	138.00
8	—	572	150.00–151.00	150.48
34	—	733	140.00–140.50	140.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	422	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	617	170.00–178.00	175.22
7	—	388	212.50–222.50	219.59
11	—	520	191.00–203.00	199.58
13	—	469	200.00–207.50	202.71
56	—	904	141.00–152.25	151.23
63	—	785	160.00–162.50	161.11
134	—	571	179.00–193.00	185.58
249	—	725	159.00–168.50	164.60
165	—	816	153.00–163.00	159.11
246	—	669	159.50–173.00	168.94
12	—	414	202.50–225.00	219.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	198.00	198.00
5	—	535	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	553	176.00	176.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,070	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	577	176.00	176.00
12	—	674	154.00–156.00	154.68
4	—	533	176.00	176.00
3	—	760	149.00	149.00
16	—	626	160.00–164.50	162.33

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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