Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-03-10

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 10
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
732 head
1,220 vs last sale 1,952 732 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers ended mostly steady to 6.00 higher. The heifers did not have good volumes to compare with last week, however, they did show some weakness. Demand was moderate to good for the light offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.59/cwt on 468 head.
Average price
$168.59
468 head · 714 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,204
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$155
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.77
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2608174.741,06343
Medium and Large 1725167.971,218425
One grade step is worth $6.78/cwt here — about −$155 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 sale468 hd
168.59
IA average7 barns · 3,989 hd
157.82
+10.77
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

25 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 1548162.00/cwt162.00–162.008882
BullsMedium and Large 1788129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0173
HeifersMedium and Large 1445186.00/cwt186.00–186.008284
HeifersMedium and Large 1577156.45/cwt155.50–157.5090317
HeifersMedium and Large 1620154.50/cwt154.50–154.5095821
HeifersMedium and Large 1674150.56/cwt147.50–157.001,01562
SteersMedium and Large 1521202.04/cwt199.00–204.001,05319
SteersMedium and Large 1872143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,24910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned479181.00/cwt181.00–181.008674
SteersMedium and Large 1773156.55/cwt154.10–159.101,210150
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,0008
SteersMedium and Large 1726170.64/cwt159.85–177.851,239122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580190.80/cwt190.50–191.001,10710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned618159.00/cwt159.00–159.009838
SteersMedium and Large 1-2837143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2754151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1395
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0795
SteersMedium and Large 1593199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,18011
SteersMedium and Large 1825146.86/cwt146.75–148.001,21232
SteersMedium and Large 1632182.43/cwt179.25–194.501,15350
SteersMedium and Large 1660187.25/cwt187.25–187.251,23631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519153.18/cwt152.00–156.0079521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477168.00/cwt168.00–168.008016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2672138.00/cwt138.00–138.009273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605149.70/cwt146.00–152.509067

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.