Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers 400-500 pounds were .50-2.00 higher, steers 600-700 pounds steady to 5.4 higher. Heifers 400-600 pounds were 4.00 to sharply higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $176.65/cwt on 739 head.

Average price

$176.65

739 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$37

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

$26.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.33

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	178.93	972	676
Medium and Large 1-2	663	152.19	1,009	63

One grade step is worth $26.73/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale739 hd

176.65

—

IA average7 barns · 3,092 hd

158.31

+18.33

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

35 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	Medium and Large 1	—	788	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,174	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	194.05/cwt	190.00–198.00	636	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	184.35/cwt	178.00–192.00	704	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	167.59/cwt	158.00–171.00	1,143	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	156.43/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,125	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	195.74/cwt	187.00–202.00	834	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	227.92/cwt	218.00–237.50	852	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	215.30/cwt	202.00–220.00	1,130	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	164.06/cwt	159.00–166.50	1,191	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	191.77/cwt	184.00–205.00	1,197	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	236.43/cwt	230.00–244.00	993	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	181.35/cwt	173.00–183.75	1,219	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,179	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	159.01/cwt	156.25–163.00	1,242	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,283	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	196.10/cwt	195.50–199.00	865	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	174.46/cwt	168.50–180.00	1,014	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	196.76/cwt	189.00–204.00	1,120	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	150.13/cwt	143.00–152.00	1,018	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	189.48/cwt	185.50–194.00	989	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	164.36/cwt	161.00–167.00	856	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	169.80/cwt	165.00–181.00	1,056	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	866	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	163.68/cwt	160.00–166.00	946	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	215.61/cwt	209.00–225.00	1,046	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,019	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	172.14/cwt	166.50–175.50	1,072	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	156.25/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,002	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	185.09/cwt	175.00–187.00	892	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	178.19/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,025	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	181.10/cwt	170.50–186.00	954	186

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 May 26, 2022

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	788	149.00	149.00
10	—	328	190.00–198.00	194.05
33	—	382	178.00–192.00	184.35
37	—	682	158.00–171.00	167.59
39	—	719	150.00–164.00	156.43
60	—	426	187.00–202.00	195.74
84	—	623	166.50–175.50	172.14
91	—	482	175.00–187.00	185.09
116	—	575	170.00–185.00	178.19
186	—	527	170.50–186.00	181.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	678	143.00–152.00	150.13
8	—	578	160.00–166.00	163.68
3	—	723	141.00	141.00
8	—	641	155.00–157.00	156.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	521	161.00–167.00	164.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	374	218.00–237.50	227.92
93	—	525	202.00–220.00	215.30
47	—	726	159.00–166.50	164.06
53	—	624	184.00–205.00	191.77
15	—	420	230.00–244.00	236.43
5	—	811	148.50	148.50
5	—	321	232.50	232.50
100	—	672	173.00–183.75	181.35
19	—	781	156.25–163.00	159.01
5	—	854	150.25	150.25
149	—	569	189.00–204.00	196.76
80	—	485	209.00–225.00	215.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	893	132.00	132.00
3	—	298	209.00	209.00
22	—	441	195.50–199.00	196.10
9	—	581	168.50–180.00	174.46
16	—	522	185.50–194.00	189.48
17	—	622	165.00–181.00	169.80
3	—	792	149.00	149.00
6	—	463	187.00	187.00

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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