Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale (Tuesday), all classes sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher, with 7 weight steers up to 9.00 higher. Large offering today of quality load lots of green, long-time weaned and vaccinated steer/heifer calves. Many opportunities for reputation replacement heifers in large groups. Demand was good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $193.20/cwt on 1,698 head.

Average price

$193.20

1,698 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$304

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$48.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.31

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	193.51	1,285	1,660
Medium and Large 1-2	557	185.91	1,035	32
Large 1	1,096	145.00	1,589	6thin

One grade step is worth $48.51/cwt here — about −$304 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 sale1,698 hd

193.20

—

IA average13 barns · 17,819 hd

190.89

+2.31

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

45 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 1Replacement	—	710	166.30/cwt	163.50–167.50	1,181	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	204.15/cwt	192.00–211.00	1,188	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	219.74/cwt	206.00–230.00	1,033	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	188.53/cwt	183.00–195.25	1,276	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	707	189.25/cwt	189.25–189.25	1,338	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	535	214.74/cwt	212.50–216.75	1,149	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	659	193.25/cwt	193.25–193.25	1,274	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	173.75/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,532	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	174.53/cwt	161.00–175.60	1,440	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,021	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	180.46/cwt	172.00–184.00	1,382	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	187.27/cwt	187.00–188.00	989	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	219.79/cwt	216.00–225.00	831	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	194.53/cwt	181.00–201.75	1,229	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,336	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,481	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,405	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,283	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	176.97/cwt	161.00–184.50	1,002	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,083	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	958	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	183.08/cwt	174.00–189.00	961	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	931	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	676	178.85/cwt	178.50–179.50	1,209	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	167.86/cwt	158.00–172.25	1,141	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	188.32/cwt	181.00–200.00	896	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,480	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	474	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,076	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	784	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,407	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	173.82/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,079	282
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	165.59/cwt	163.00–168.00	1,290	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	165.80/cwt	159.00–168.50	1,187	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	784	8
Steers	Large 1	—	1,096	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,589	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	208.70/cwt	197.50–215.00	877	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	633	201.59/cwt	201.50–201.75	1,276	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	622	182.44/cwt	179.50–184.75	1,135	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	517	193.20/cwt	193.00–193.50	999	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	193.40/cwt	187.00–202.00	814	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	183.45/cwt	165.00–185.50	1,348	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,579	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	216.19/cwt	206.00–221.00	1,131	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	842	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,345	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	578	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,078	20

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 12, 2023

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

Receipts 3,362Last week 2,363Year ago 3,077

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	710	163.50–167.50	166.30
44	—	676	178.50–179.50	178.85
166	—	622	179.50–184.75	182.44
57	—	517	193.00–193.50	193.20
21	—	842	159.75	159.75
20	—	578	186.50	186.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	862	163.00	163.00
6	—	802	160.00	160.00
5	—	356	179.00	179.00
69	—	566	161.00–184.50	176.97
129	—	525	174.00–189.00	183.08
34	—	680	158.00–172.25	167.86
95	—	476	181.00–200.00	188.32
19	—	925	160.00	160.00
282	—	621	165.00–180.00	173.82
52	—	779	163.00–168.00	165.59
40	—	716	159.00–168.50	165.80
28	—	421	187.00–202.00	193.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	582	160.00	160.00
8	—	406	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	582	192.00–211.00	204.15
45	—	470	206.00–230.00	219.74
272	—	677	183.00–195.25	188.53
75	—	882	173.00–174.00	173.75
69	—	825	161.00–175.60	174.53
149	—	766	172.00–184.00	180.46
17	—	378	216.00–225.00	219.79
259	—	632	181.00–201.75	194.53
26	—	903	164.00	164.00
19	—	420	197.50–215.00	208.70
209	—	735	165.00–185.50	183.45
9	—	951	166.00	166.00
136	—	523	206.00–221.00	216.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	707	189.25	189.25
86	—	535	212.50–216.75	214.74
64	—	659	193.25	193.25
18	—	474	227.00	227.00
12	—	784	179.50	179.50
80	—	633	201.50–201.75	201.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	498	205.00	205.00
26	—	528	187.00–188.00	187.27
3	—	862	155.00	155.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,096	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	153.00	153.00
8	—	504	190.00	190.00

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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