Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2022-08-04

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Aug 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,044 head
▼ 534 vs last sale 1,578▲ 1,044 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend established with previous sale more than three weeks prior. Active trade with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.98/cwt on 461 head.
Average price
$169.98
461 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,141
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$531
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$47.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.27
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2466185.8886748
Medium and Large 1690168.651,163406
Large 11,009138.501,3977thin
One grade step is worth $47.38/cwt here — about −$531 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 sale461 hd
169.98
—
IA average6 barns · 1,451 hd
160.71
+9.27
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

34 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—833152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,26647
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—725171.75/cwt171.75–171.751,24578
HeifersMedium and Large 1—817155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2663
HeifersMedium and Large 1—776158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2267
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—558178.50/cwt178.50–178.5099610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—536182.00/cwt182.00–182.009767
SteersMedium and Large 1—792179.00/cwt160.00–182.601,41891
SteersMedium and Large 1—867156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,3578
SteersMedium and Large 1—481209.36/cwt207.50–210.001,00716
SteersMedium and Large 1—659181.72/cwt173.00–200.001,19822
SteersMedium and Large 1—714166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,1898
SteersMedium and Large 1—640185.68/cwt180.00–200.001,18814
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—885171.25/cwt171.25–171.251,51664
SteersLarge 1—925164.25/cwt164.25–164.251,5196
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—680175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1906
SteersMedium and Large 1—590184.96/cwt175.00–189.001,09126
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—770170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,31331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—549188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0327
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516180.68/cwt174.00–188.0093217
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715163.51/cwt151.00–175.001,16980
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—469165.00/cwt165.00–165.007745
SteersMedium and Large 1—914152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,3944
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—700174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,21831
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—1,051159.60/cwt159.60–159.601,67755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—368202.50/cwt202.50–202.507459
HeifersLarge 1—1,009138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,3977
SteersMedium and Large 1—821169.37/cwt164.00–174.501,39129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—753156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1756
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669172.78/cwt169.00–175.251,15647
HeifersMedium and Large 1—589178.16/cwt173.50–184.001,04931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—613153.00/cwt153.00–153.009383
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633172.53/cwt169.00–184.001,09296
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—416188.50/cwt188.50–188.5078419
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—904156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,41522

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.