Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 750 lbs. were mostly 3.00 lower. The heavier steers did not have adequate numbers both weeks to compare. Heifers were 4.00-7.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $163.39/cwt on 760 head.

Average price

$163.39

760 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$14.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.53

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	617	164.25	1,013	714
Medium and Large 1-2	603	150.17	906	46

One grade step is worth $14.08/cwt here — about $107 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 sale760 hd

163.39

—

IA average7 barns · 2,508 hd

153.86

+9.53

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

44 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	—	498	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	931	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	723	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,048	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	197.69/cwt	195.00–199.00	720	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	983	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	139.91/cwt	138.50–141.50	1,080	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	218.60/cwt	215.00–220.00	938	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	191.40/cwt	187.00–194.75	1,198	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	183.67/cwt	179.00–193.00	1,232	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,297	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	713	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,045	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	536	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,013	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	156.48/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,141	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	179.49/cwt	175.00–190.00	955	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	886	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	585	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,024	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	156.89/cwt	155.00–157.50	1,233	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	202.15/cwt	194.25–207.75	1,156	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	362	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,138	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	152.66/cwt	148.50–153.50	1,337	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	153.54/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,268	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	694	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	183.33/cwt	171.00–188.00	1,082	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	184.96/cwt	180.00–189.00	884	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	171.80/cwt	164.75–181.00	990	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	218.09/cwt	212.50–220.50	1,005	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	166.93/cwt	161.00–177.50	1,229	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	186.88/cwt	182.00–193.50	822	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	462	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	804	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	138.14/cwt	136.00–140.00	870	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	823	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	184.69/cwt	179.00–187.00	866	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	793	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	153.20/cwt	151.00–154.00	908	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	155.37/cwt	147.00–158.25	1,112	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,001	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,041	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	161.63/cwt	155.25–165.75	1,018	390
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	155.15/cwt	148.50–162.50	1,069	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	555	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	547	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	875	7

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	498	187.00	187.00
8	—	723	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	318	198.00	198.00
9	—	364	195.00–199.00	197.69
12	—	537	183.00	183.00
19	—	772	138.50–141.50	139.91
42	—	478	180.00–189.00	184.96
60	—	576	164.75–181.00	171.80
23	—	440	182.00–193.50	186.88
39	—	716	147.00–158.25	155.37
390	—	630	155.25–165.75	161.63
102	—	689	148.50–162.50	155.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	362	197.00	197.00
9	—	462	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	630	136.00–140.00	138.14
4	—	481	171.00	171.00
11	—	593	151.00–154.00	153.20
4	—	693	144.50	144.50
4	—	749	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	555	153.00	153.00
7	—	547	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	429	215.00–220.00	218.60
32	—	626	187.00–194.75	191.40
49	—	671	179.00–193.00	183.67
58	—	918	141.25	141.25
4	—	389	230.00	230.00
6	—	504	201.00	201.00
32	—	786	155.00–157.50	156.89
48	—	572	194.25–207.75	202.15
89	—	876	148.50–153.50	152.66
94	—	826	148.00–155.00	153.54
29	—	461	212.50–220.50	218.09
129	—	736	161.00–177.50	166.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	713	146.50	146.50
4	—	536	174.00	174.00
5	—	585	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	729	152.00–158.00	156.48
19	—	532	175.00–190.00	179.49
6	—	658	173.00	173.00
6	—	365	190.00	190.00
31	—	590	171.00–188.00	183.33
11	—	469	179.00–187.00	184.69
4	—	409	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	423	209.50	209.50

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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