Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good offering of quality new crop spring calves and load lots of yearling heifers available for the active trade. Across all weights the market was steady compared to 10 -27 -2022.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.75/cwt on 657 head.

Average price

$168.75

657 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,126

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$16.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.26

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	676	170.05	1,150	604
Medium and Large 1-2	562	153.92	865	53

One grade step is worth $16.13/cwt here — about $285 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 sale657 hd

168.75

—

IA average9 barns · 3,610 hd

168.49

+0.26

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

48 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	—	600	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	975	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	162.75/cwt	162.75–162.75	1,183	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	184.49/cwt	183.00–185.50	902	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	898	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,059	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	842	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	185.61/cwt	172.00–188.50	1,140	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	539	206.33/cwt	200.00–212.00	1,112	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	775	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	1,296	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	591	189.13/cwt	175.00–193.00	1,118	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	530	180.63/cwt	180.00–181.00	957	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,061	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	177.48/cwt	173.50–181.50	1,303	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	205.50/cwt	200.00–213.00	873	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	183.25/cwt	183.25–183.25	1,521	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	834	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	171.11/cwt	170.00–171.50	1,174	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	179.76/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,131	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	169.74/cwt	165.00–174.50	1,183	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	954	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	959	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	198.74/cwt	186.00–209.00	1,029	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	180.64/cwt	163.00–181.75	1,409	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	481	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	818	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	569	147.96/cwt	140.00–155.00	842	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	168.24/cwt	156.00–175.00	883	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	182.21/cwt	177.50–185.00	1,066	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	684	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,204	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	178.08/cwt	171.00–185.00	931	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	174.53/cwt	170.00–179.00	719	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	166.39/cwt	153.50–167.25	1,458	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	166.94/cwt	166.25–169.50	1,559	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	165.06/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,028	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	170.24/cwt	165.00–172.50	824	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,020	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	175.59/cwt	174.00–176.25	1,264	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	162.16/cwt	150.00–172.00	855	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	183.26/cwt	168.00–185.00	1,052	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	152.29/cwt	151.00–153.00	920	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	168.98/cwt	168.75–169.75	1,416	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	158.02/cwt	152.00–161.00	765	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	837	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	968	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	179.75/cwt	179.75–179.75	1,215	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	171.93/cwt	167.50–183.00	683	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	164.62/cwt	159.00–185.00	1,019	29

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 Nov 3, 2022

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

Receipts 1,476Last week 2,230Year ago 1,750

Good offering of quality new crop spring calves and load lots of yearling heifers available for the active trade. Across all weights the market was steady compared to 10 -27 -2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	600	162.50	162.50
10	—	727	162.75	162.75
15	—	489	183.00–185.50	184.49
8	—	522	172.00	172.00
8	—	666	159.00	159.00
10	—	563	149.50	149.50
3	—	327	230.00	230.00
8	—	364	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	614	172.00–188.50	185.61
38	—	539	200.00–212.00	206.33
13	—	775	167.25	167.25
97	—	591	175.00–193.00	189.13
3	—	440	209.00	209.00
19	—	686	170.00–171.50	171.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	530	180.00–181.00	180.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	491	216.00	216.00
12	—	734	173.50–181.50	177.48
14	—	425	200.00–213.00	205.50
30	—	830	183.25	183.25
15	—	358	233.00	233.00
76	—	629	170.00–185.00	179.76
6	—	697	165.00–174.50	169.74
7	—	571	167.00	167.00
36	—	518	186.00–209.00	198.74
68	—	780	163.00–181.75	180.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	635	151.00	151.00
19	—	523	171.00–185.00	178.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	684	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	481	170.00	170.00
25	—	569	140.00–155.00	147.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	525	156.00–175.00	168.24
48	—	585	177.50–185.00	182.21
21	—	623	163.00–170.00	165.06
26	—	484	165.00–172.50	170.24
26	—	654	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	412	170.00–179.00	174.53
63	—	876	153.50–167.25	166.39
65	—	934	166.25–169.50	166.94
37	—	720	174.00–176.25	175.59
44	—	527	150.00–172.00	162.16
57	—	574	168.00–185.00	183.26
80	—	838	168.75–169.75	168.98
15	—	484	152.00–161.00	158.02
10	—	676	179.75	179.75
15	—	397	167.50–183.00	171.93
29	—	619	159.00–185.00	164.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	604	151.00–153.00	152.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	968	160.50	160.50

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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