Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 700 lbs. were sharply higher; steers over 700 lbs. were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. were also sharply higher, while the heavier heifers were mostly steady to 5.00 lower. 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 $173.70/cwt on 925 head.

Average price

$173.70

925 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,191

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$0.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.45

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	693	173.76	1,203	854
Medium and Large 1-2	601	172.99	1,039	71

One grade step is worth $0.77/cwt here — about $164 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 sale925 hd

173.70

—

IA average8 barns · 6,610 hd

171.25

+2.45

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	901	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	550	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	941	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,021	123.68/cwt	123.00–125.50	1,263	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	991	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,219	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	146.32/cwt	141.00–150.00	891	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	151.69/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,101	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	185.15/cwt	181.00–195.00	959	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	159.77/cwt	153.75–163.75	1,163	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	785	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,170	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	217.81/cwt	202.00–223.50	1,139	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	203.86/cwt	196.00–211.50	1,180	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	214.76/cwt	212.00–216.00	908	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	149.36/cwt	146.50–150.25	1,287	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	151.23/cwt	148.00–153.50	1,267	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	160.51/cwt	155.00–164.25	994	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	176.38/cwt	170.00–183.00	991	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	174.04/cwt	165.00–180.00	849	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	190.99/cwt	186.00–193.50	1,173	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,089	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	174.51/cwt	172.00–177.00	1,031	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	139.85/cwt	134.50–141.00	1,138	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	189.45/cwt	185.00–196.00	970	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	197.79/cwt	194.00–205.00	955	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	156.32/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,188	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	180.47/cwt	173.50–188.25	1,209	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	204.59/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,002	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	148.14/cwt	140.50–161.00	1,121	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	153.53/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,015	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	151.54/cwt	147.25–160.00	1,084	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	170.02/cwt	167.00–171.00	882	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	703	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,209	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,193	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,198	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	141.82/cwt	139.00–144.50	1,020	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	934	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	135.36/cwt	135.00–135.50	1,027	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	142.95/cwt	140.00–147.00	962	24

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 Mar 3, 2022

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

Receipts 1,952Last week 1,213Year ago 2,550

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	175.00	175.00
3	—	377	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	550	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,021	123.00–125.50	123.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	991	123.00	123.00
94	—	619	155.00–164.25	160.51
102	—	562	170.00–183.00	176.38
78	—	814	134.50–141.00	139.85
79	—	512	185.00–196.00	189.45
34	—	483	194.00–205.00	197.79
6	—	386	196.00	196.00
16	—	757	140.50–161.00	148.14
113	—	661	150.00–157.00	153.53
85	—	715	147.25–160.00	151.54
13	—	858	139.00	139.00
6	—	925	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	609	141.00–150.00	146.32
16	—	488	165.00–180.00	174.04
16	—	519	167.00–171.00	170.02
19	—	719	139.00–144.50	141.82
8	—	584	160.00	160.00
11	—	759	135.00–135.50	135.36
24	—	673	140.00–147.00	142.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	726	150.00–152.00	151.69
28	—	518	181.00–195.00	185.15
8	—	612	178.00	178.00
16	—	591	172.00–177.00	174.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	728	153.75–163.75	159.77
50	—	523	202.00–223.50	217.81
45	—	579	196.00–211.50	203.86
22	—	423	212.00–216.00	214.76
34	—	862	146.50–150.25	149.36
149	—	838	148.00–153.50	151.23
66	—	614	186.00–193.50	190.99
109	—	760	153.00–160.00	156.32
135	—	670	173.50–188.25	180.47
67	—	490	200.00–217.00	204.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	785	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	703	172.00	172.00

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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