Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Across all segments, today's auction results showed $ 5 - 7 strength over the previous sale on 1 - 3 - 2023. Load lots of both yearlings and LTW feeder calves were offered for the very active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.43/cwt on 1,499 head.

Average price

$191.43

1,499 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,291

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$407

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$26.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.62

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	659	192.60	1,270	1,433
Large 1	1,010	166.00	1,677	66

One grade step is worth $26.60/cwt here — about −$407 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 sale1,499 hd

191.43

—

IA average13 barns · 15,823 hd

189.81

+1.62

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

42 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,005	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	641	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,128	58
Steers	Large 1	—	1,010	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,677	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	782	177.85/cwt	177.75–178.00	1,391	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	210.51/cwt	205.00–212.50	930	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,505	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	180.20/cwt	166.00–184.75	1,317	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	197.34/cwt	185.50–204.50	1,214	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	184.87/cwt	171.00–193.00	1,257	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	216.01/cwt	200.00–232.50	1,136	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	539	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,121	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	436	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	916	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	174.91/cwt	166.00–177.00	1,354	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	213.49/cwt	190.00–223.00	1,031	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	173.49/cwt	168.00–176.00	1,483	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	212.17/cwt	212.00–212.50	819	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,264	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	185.21/cwt	180.00–187.00	695	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	499	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	968	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	903	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	755	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	594	212.92/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,265	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	206.34/cwt	196.00–218.00	1,186	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	181.53/cwt	179.00–182.85	1,485	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	666	172.27/cwt	168.75–176.00	1,147	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	576	181.28/cwt	179.00–182.00	1,044	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	482	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,125	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	827	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,493	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	676	187.48/cwt	184.75–188.75	1,267	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	705	188.03/cwt	186.50–188.35	1,326	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	167.46/cwt	161.00–180.00	1,057	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	182.34/cwt	175.00–188.00	861	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	178.24/cwt	171.00–188.00	943	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	721	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,179	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	641	177.39/cwt	172.00–180.00	1,137	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	180.78/cwt	168.00–184.00	799	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	166.38/cwt	164.00–169.00	1,203	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	169.25/cwt	165.00–175.50	1,132	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	175.05/cwt	162.00–185.00	1,019	230

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 Jan 5, 2023

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

Receipts 2,974Last week 2,589Year ago 2,751

Across all segments, today's auction results showed $ 5 - 7 strength over the previous sale on 1 - 3 - 2023. Load lots of both yearlings and LTW feeder calves were offered for the very active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	160.00	160.00
5	—	684	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	780	162.00	162.00
11	—	375	180.00–187.00	185.21
7	—	339	180.00	180.00
3	—	852	161.50	161.50
88	—	631	161.00–180.00	167.46
138	—	472	175.00–188.00	182.34
165	—	529	171.00–188.00	178.24
28	—	442	168.00–184.00	180.78
64	—	723	164.00–169.00	166.38
73	—	669	165.00–175.50	169.25
230	—	582	162.00–185.00	175.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	499	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	666	168.75–176.00	172.27
96	—	576	179.00–182.00	181.28
17	—	721	163.50	163.50
24	—	641	172.00–180.00	177.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	641	176.00	176.00
54	—	782	177.75–178.00	177.85
71	—	594	205.00–215.00	212.92
14	—	482	233.50	233.50
22	—	827	180.50	180.50
38	—	676	184.75–188.75	187.48
48	—	705	186.50–188.35	188.03
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,010	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	442	205.00–212.50	210.51
9	—	912	165.00	165.00
234	—	731	166.00–184.75	180.20
199	—	615	185.50–204.50	197.34
153	—	680	171.00–193.00	184.87
118	—	526	200.00–232.50	216.01
53	—	774	166.00–177.00	174.91
47	—	483	190.00–223.00	213.49
32	—	855	168.00–176.00	173.49
17	—	386	212.00–212.50	212.17
93	—	575	196.00–218.00	206.34
102	—	818	179.00–182.85	181.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	539	208.00	208.00
9	—	436	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	645	140.00	140.00
4	—	444	170.00	170.00

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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