Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Great offering of quality new crop spring calves for the active trade today. Fleshy 400-500 weight new crop spring calves were 4 -5 lower compared to auction results of 11-17-2022. Yearling trade was steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $195.88/cwt on 1,958 head.

Average price

$195.88

1,958 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,243

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$6.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.62

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	196.09	1,249	1,889
Medium and Large 1-2	563	189.95	1,069	69

One grade step is worth $6.14/cwt here — about $180 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 sale1,958 hd

195.88

—

IA average8 barns · 8,164 hd

191.26

+4.62

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

67 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	955	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	552	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,110	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	173.50/cwt	150.00–177.00	1,437	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	204.95/cwt	188.00–219.00	1,181	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	184.53/cwt	175.00–187.75	1,231	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	230.81/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,200	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	739	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,293	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	202.00/cwt	185.00–215.50	1,079	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,176	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,124	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	979	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	533	199.83/cwt	186.00–210.00	1,065	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	237.47/cwt	220.00–246.00	1,114	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	217.52/cwt	210.00–227.50	909	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,543	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	190.54/cwt	181.00–196.25	1,189	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	179.66/cwt	176.00–190.00	1,303	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	417	253.82/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,058	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	179.87/cwt	175.50–181.50	1,559	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	495	196.69/cwt	193.00–204.00	974	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	181.69/cwt	177.00–185.75	1,146	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	244.64/cwt	237.50–255.00	890	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	174.71/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,171	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	201.61/cwt	193.00–206.00	1,155	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	175.15/cwt	168.00–180.00	1,347	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	234.67/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,117	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	496	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	843	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	615	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,009	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,030	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	865	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	501	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	927	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	594	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	986	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,003	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	160.42/cwt	151.00–167.00	1,081	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	171.21/cwt	169.50–173.00	824	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	555	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,060	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	182.76/cwt	175.00–189.50	680	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,043	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	982	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	160.04/cwt	156.00–170.00	853	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	183.32/cwt	182.50–184.00	792	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	176.20/cwt	167.00–187.00	916	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium 1	—	488	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	830	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	184.80/cwt	171.00–201.00	894	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	164.03/cwt	151.00–168.50	1,014	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	184.59/cwt	184.00–185.00	779	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	164.22/cwt	158.00–169.50	1,266	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	492	171.82/cwt	168.00–174.50	845	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	158.15/cwt	155.25–162.00	1,124	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,341	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,494	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	467	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	724	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	183.86/cwt	168.00–197.50	1,052	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	382	189.62/cwt	176.00–193.00	724	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	444	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	826	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	165.91/cwt	159.00–169.50	881	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	597	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,170	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	663	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,067	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	611	189.75/cwt	189.75–189.75	1,159	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	579	160.09/cwt	152.00–167.00	927	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	155.53/cwt	153.00–158.00	957	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	635	169.70/cwt	168.50–171.00	1,078	42

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 Dec 1, 2022

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

Receipts 3,519Last week 2,070Year ago 1,131

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	202.00	202.00
6	—	592	187.50	187.50
29	—	534	185.00–215.50	202.00
5	—	678	173.50	173.50
6	—	749	150.00	150.00
5	—	612	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	828	150.00–177.00	173.50
161	—	576	188.00–219.00	204.95
288	—	667	175.00–187.75	184.53
173	—	520	220.00–244.00	230.81
138	—	469	220.00–246.00	237.47
21	—	418	210.00–227.50	217.52
13	—	916	168.50	168.50
272	—	624	181.00–196.25	190.54
178	—	725	176.00–190.00	179.66
103	—	867	175.50–181.50	179.87
10	—	364	237.50–255.00	244.64
139	—	769	168.00–180.00	175.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	739	175.00	175.00
49	—	597	196.00	196.00
45	—	611	189.75	189.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	533	186.00–210.00	199.83
19	—	417	240.00–260.00	253.82
88	—	631	177.00–185.75	181.69
30	—	670	169.00–179.00	174.71
34	—	573	193.00–206.00	201.61
28	—	476	226.00–240.00	234.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	495	193.00–204.00	196.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	552	170.00	170.00
6	—	467	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	496	170.00	170.00
41	—	615	164.00	164.00
53	—	555	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,003	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	674	151.00–167.00	160.42
20	—	372	175.00–189.50	182.76
191	—	520	167.00–187.00	176.20
142	—	484	171.00–201.00	184.80
77	—	618	151.00–168.50	164.03
37	—	422	184.00–185.00	184.59
29	—	771	158.00–169.50	164.22
42	—	711	155.25–162.00	158.15
20	—	828	162.00	162.00
4	—	345	187.00	187.00
7	—	958	156.00	156.00
3	—	853	163.50	163.50
123	—	572	168.00–197.50	183.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	481	169.50–173.00	171.21
6	—	642	162.50	162.50
7	—	586	167.50	167.50
13	—	533	156.00–170.00	160.04
18	—	432	182.50–184.00	183.32
4	—	364	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	488	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	492	168.00–174.50	171.82
21	—	382	176.00–193.00	189.62
10	—	444	186.00	186.00
4	—	340	196.00	196.00
52	—	531	159.00–169.50	165.91
50	—	579	152.00–167.00	160.09
22	—	615	153.00–158.00	155.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	663	161.00	161.00
42	—	635	168.50–171.00	169.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	197.00	197.00
5	—	569	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	501	185.00	185.00
10	—	594	166.00	166.00

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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