Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 500-800 lb steers were 6.00 to 10.00 higher; heifers 500-800 lbs were 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand was good to very good on a great offering of green, long-time weaned, vaccinated feeders. Again this week, quality replacement heifers were in the offering..

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.11/cwt on 1,480 head.

Average price

$189.11

1,480 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,331

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$10.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.97

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	707	189.58	1,339	1,417
Medium and Large 1-2	639	178.72	1,142	63

One grade step is worth $10.86/cwt here — about $197 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 sale1,480 hd

189.11

—

IA average10 barns · 7,453 hd

190.09

−0.97

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

35 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 1Fancy	—	705	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	1,172	53
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,324	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,960	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	144.52/cwt	141.00–145.50	1,182	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	187.11/cwt	177.00–192.00	868	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	187.85/cwt	181.50–189.50	1,005	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	787	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	212.27/cwt	199.00–225.50	1,117	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	179.49/cwt	179.35–180.00	1,504	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	162.31/cwt	162.00–162.50	1,404	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	176.17/cwt	175.00–179.00	1,198	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	179.59/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,376	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,476	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	177.07/cwt	173.50–188.00	1,112	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	947	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	195.30/cwt	184.00–209.50	1,314	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	776	174.48/cwt	170.50–180.00	1,354	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	227.73/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,077	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	661	200.60/cwt	193.75–210.00	1,326	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	632	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,018	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	180.32/cwt	173.00–184.25	1,325	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	214.02/cwt	198.00–220.50	1,252	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	177.11/cwt	166.50–186.00	1,109	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	200.73/cwt	191.00–214.00	1,265	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	758	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,215	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	723	163.17/cwt	156.00–165.00	1,180	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	588	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,285	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	618	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,313	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	960	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	860	168.25/cwt	168.25–168.25	1,447	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	149.42/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,076	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	806	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,096	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	159.55/cwt	150.00–165.50	1,128	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	183.64/cwt	170.50–193.25	1,052	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	173.85/cwt	167.00–180.00	1,161	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	628	171.95/cwt	171.00–173.25	1,080	54

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 26, 2023

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

Receipts 3,076Last week 2,147Year ago 2,352

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	705	166.25	166.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,324	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	818	141.00–145.50	144.52
19	—	464	177.00–192.00	187.11
76	—	535	181.50–189.50	187.85
240	—	626	166.50–186.00	177.11
116	—	707	150.00–165.50	159.55
160	—	573	170.50–193.25	183.64
225	—	668	167.00–180.00	173.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	601	131.00	131.00
15	—	667	144.00	144.00
11	—	720	143.00–153.00	149.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	758	160.25	160.25
143	—	723	156.00–165.00	163.17
54	—	628	171.00–173.25	171.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	806	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	526	199.00–225.50	212.27
86	—	838	179.35–180.00	179.49
29	—	865	162.00–162.50	162.31
207	—	766	170.00–182.00	179.59
4	—	911	162.00	162.00
274	—	673	184.00–209.50	195.30
19	—	473	222.00–232.00	227.73
228	—	735	173.00–184.25	180.32
113	—	585	198.00–220.50	214.02
98	—	630	191.00–214.00	200.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	680	175.00–179.00	176.17
20	—	628	173.50–188.00	177.07
8	—	488	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	776	170.50–180.00	174.48
77	—	661	193.75–210.00	200.60
18	—	588	218.50	218.50
22	—	618	212.50	212.50
57	—	860	168.25	168.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	632	161.00	161.00

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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