Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality ran deep on today's offering of weaned new crop spring steers and heifers for the active demand. $2-6 higher on load lots compared to the previous auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.44/cwt on 1,405 head.

Average price

$191.44

1,405 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,263

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$313

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$26.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.83

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	661	192.04	1,269	1,339
Medium and Large 1-2	618	180.05	1,113	63
Large 1	953	166.00	1,582	3thin

One grade step is worth $26.04/cwt here — about −$313 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 sale1,405 hd

191.44

—

IA average13 barns · 11,297 hd

188.61

+2.83

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 1-2Natural	—	602	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	960	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	909	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	831	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	604	176.75/cwt	176.75–176.75	1,068	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	184.53/cwt	175.00–197.50	886	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	183.42/cwt	179.00–186.00	657	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	174.79/cwt	167.00–184.00	1,152	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,532	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	541	212.53/cwt	185.00–217.00	1,150	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	972	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,116	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	573	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	974	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	227.64/cwt	220.00–232.50	872	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,489	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,166	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	223.78/cwt	215.00–227.50	942	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	227.62/cwt	212.50–231.50	1,081	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	179.46/cwt	172.00–187.00	1,299	154
Steers	Large 1	—	953	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	204.48/cwt	194.00–217.00	1,176	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	219.30/cwt	210.00–232.00	1,156	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	184.00/cwt	177.50–186.85	1,398	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	189.72/cwt	183.00–197.00	1,199	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	185.50/cwt	176.00–217.00	1,241	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	656	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	918	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	986	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,602	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	161.80/cwt	160.00–164.00	780	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	932	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	777	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	169.17/cwt	168.00–170.50	1,210	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,477	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,494	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	170.00/cwt	163.00–180.00	1,139	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,328	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	852	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	587	166.93/cwt	160.00–172.00	980	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	917	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	703	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,156	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	172.91/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,067	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	173.50/cwt	164.00–175.00	1,001	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	184.23/cwt	174.00–190.00	956	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	191.11/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,034	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	638	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,244	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	651	202.32/cwt	200.25–205.00	1,317	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	734	180.75/cwt	180.75–180.75	1,327	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	829	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,434	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	796	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	1,387	30

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 8, 2022

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

Receipts 2,389Last week 1,409Year ago 3,107

Quality ran deep on today's offering of weaned new crop spring steers and heifers for the active demand. $2-6 higher on load lots compared to the previous auction.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	602	159.50	159.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	505	180.00	180.00
17	—	392	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	604	176.75	176.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	480	175.00–197.50	184.53
8	—	358	179.00–186.00	183.42
4	—	439	177.00	177.00
17	—	715	168.00–170.50	169.17
13	—	869	170.00	170.00
9	—	914	163.50	163.50
53	—	670	163.00–180.00	170.00
6	—	830	160.00	160.00
211	—	617	165.00–175.00	172.91
65	—	577	164.00–175.00	173.50
64	—	519	174.00–190.00	184.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	410	160.00	160.00
4	—	585	157.00	157.00
11	—	482	160.00–164.00	161.80
8	—	659	141.50	141.50
8	—	536	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	986	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	587	160.00–172.00	166.93
12	—	463	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	703	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	659	167.00–184.00	174.79
48	—	541	185.00–217.00	212.53
11	—	442	220.00	220.00
6	—	620	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	863	177.50	177.50
8	—	383	220.00–232.50	227.64
8	—	809	184.00	184.00
12	—	421	215.00–227.50	223.78
28	—	475	212.50–231.50	227.62
154	—	724	172.00–187.00	179.46
99	—	575	194.00–217.00	204.48
88	—	527	210.00–232.00	219.30
108	—	760	177.50–186.85	184.00
141	—	632	183.00–197.00	189.72
271	—	669	176.00–217.00	185.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	666	175.00	175.00
21	—	541	190.00–196.00	191.11
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	953	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	638	195.00	195.00
136	—	651	200.25–205.00	202.32
70	—	734	180.75	180.75
60	—	829	173.00	173.00
30	—	796	174.25	174.25

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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