Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Load lots of both steers and heifers offered for the active demand. Light offering of new crop spring calves but quality ran high. 700-800 pound heifer market steady compared to the 10-13-2022 auction results. 500-600 pound steer market also steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $161.80/cwt on 311 head.

Average price

$161.80

311 head · 883 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,428

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$594

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

$67.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.04

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	883	162.67	1,436	307
Medium and Large 1-2	886	95.00	842	4thin

One grade step is worth $67.67/cwt here — about $594 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 sale311 hd

161.80

—

IA average8 barns · 2,027 hd

160.76

+1.04

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

23 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 1-2	—	337	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	646	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,098	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	177.17/cwt	176.00–178.00	923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	156.54/cwt	151.00–166.00	922	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	936	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,096	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	181.25/cwt	181.25–181.25	1,182	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	985	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	551	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	882	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	192.88/cwt	182.00–199.00	1,082	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	191.88/cwt	186.00–192.75	1,301	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,365	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	184.88/cwt	184.50–185.00	1,433	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,602	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,036	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,505	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	164.06/cwt	155.00–164.75	1,572	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,139	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	613	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	990	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	512	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	893	39

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 Oct 20, 2022

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

Receipts 626Last week 1,346Year ago 1,709

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	337	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	646	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	812	159.00	159.00
7	—	521	176.00–178.00	177.17
8	—	589	151.00–166.00	156.54
8	—	616	152.00	152.00
54	—	1,025	156.25	156.25
61	—	908	165.75	165.75
123	—	958	155.00–164.75	164.06
8	—	686	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	551	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	886	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	613	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	561	165.00	165.00
21	—	532	206.00	206.00
31	—	652	181.25	181.25
7	—	624	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	610	161.50	161.50
13	—	561	182.00–199.00	192.88
55	—	678	186.00–192.75	191.88
9	—	734	186.00	186.00
70	—	775	184.50–185.00	184.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	512	174.50	174.50

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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