Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-01-20

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 20
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,003 head
1,074 vs last sale 3,077 795 vs year ago 2,798 · 28.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 550-650 lbs. sold 2.00-7.00 lower; 650-800 lbs. steady to 8.00 lower. Heifer calves 500-650 lbs. ended mixed; 650-800 lbs. steady to 2.00 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 $168.04/cwt on 1,076 head.
Average price
$168.04
1,076 head · 706 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,187
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.11
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1708168.411,1931,030
Medium and Large 1-2662159.911,05946
One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about $134 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 sale1,076 hd
168.04
IA average10 barns · 9,747 hd
167.93
+0.11
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

36 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 1Unweaned430217.50/cwt217.50–217.509354
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned689135.00/cwt135.00–135.0093014
HeifersLarge 11,062124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,3173
HeifersMedium and Large 1832140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1653
HeifersMedium and Large 1426176.30/cwt170.00–178.0075114
HeifersMedium and Large 1525174.45/cwt167.00–183.0091622
SteersMedium and Large 1781158.76/cwt152.00–163.001,240228
SteersMedium and Large 1434212.35/cwt207.00–215.009227
SteersMedium and Large 1909145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3189
SteersMedium and Large 1459207.21/cwt202.00–220.0095114
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned506197.00/cwt197.00–197.0099714
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned637163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,04115
SteersMedium and Large 1537191.70/cwt189.50–198.001,02932
SteersMedium and Large 1874159.79/cwt150.50–161.001,39755
SteersMedium and Large 1578183.61/cwt179.00–189.251,06167
SteersMedium and Large 1821159.24/cwt150.00–160.601,30786
SteersMedium and Large 1679173.72/cwt169.00–178.251,180155
SteersMedium and Large 1622176.63/cwt170.00–179.001,099164
HeifersMedium and Large 1854138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,18530
SteersMedium and Large 1735160.57/cwt156.50–172.251,180184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528176.00/cwt176.00–176.009295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567170.00/cwt170.00–170.009647
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642161.13/cwt158.00–162.001,03414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2743151.50/cwt148.00–155.001,12620
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583149.32/cwt141.00–153.0087154
HeifersMedium and Large 1759147.46/cwt145.50–149.001,11950
HeifersMedium and Large 1736148.03/cwt145.50–150.001,09092
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned576147.00/cwt147.00–147.0084712
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned488170.00/cwt170.00–170.0083014
HeifersMedium and Large 1627160.21/cwt150.00–166.751,005179
HeifersMedium and Large 1579159.72/cwt154.00–169.50925101
HeifersMedium and Large 1671151.46/cwt144.00–157.001,016171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530165.00/cwt165.00–165.008755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411152.50/cwt152.50–152.506276
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618145.73/cwt142.00–147.5090116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2773132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,02020

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.