Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 500-800 lb steers were 4.00 to 6.00 higher; heifers 500-800 lb were 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was very good on a great offering of green, long-time weaned, vaccinated feeders. Many 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 $200.78/cwt on 1,296 head.

Average price

$200.78

1,296 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$34.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.77

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	201.49	1,290	1,269
Medium and Large 1-2	767	167.26	1,282	27

One grade step is worth $34.23/cwt here — about $7 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 sale1,296 hd

200.78

—

IA average9 barns · 8,151 hd

193.01

+7.77

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

41 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 1-2	—	663	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,392	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	206.45/cwt	197.50–211.00	877	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	174.68/cwt	165.00–179.50	1,197	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	175.92/cwt	170.00–180.50	1,092	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,432	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	464	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,028	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	640	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,184	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	424	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	922	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	199.57/cwt	183.00–205.00	1,341	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,524	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	218.30/cwt	198.00–227.50	1,037	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	182.51/cwt	175.50–187.00	1,380	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	174.60/cwt	169.00–177.75	1,500	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	591	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,294	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	211.03/cwt	191.00–225.75	1,205	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,264	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,119	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	209.40/cwt	194.00–216.00	1,307	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	215.12/cwt	201.00–223.00	1,147	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	578	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,116	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	235.61/cwt	230.00–242.00	990	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	667	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,317	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	605	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,277	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	530	222.75/cwt	222.75–222.75	1,181	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	774	182.25/cwt	182.25–182.25	1,411	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	172.71/cwt	167.00–179.50	1,268	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	183.16/cwt	174.50–188.00	1,332	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	647	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,165	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	655	182.31/cwt	179.50–184.50	1,194	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	749	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,281	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	765	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,350	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	225.72/cwt	218.00–230.00	865	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	184.73/cwt	170.00–194.00	1,070	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,242	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	200.46/cwt	200.00–201.00	772	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	193.12/cwt	178.00–201.50	1,014	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	196.97/cwt	189.00–200.00	953	83

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 Feb 2, 2023

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

Receipts 2,691Last week 3,076Year ago 2,352

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	560	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	859	162.00	162.00
25	—	425	197.50–211.00	206.45
135	—	685	165.00–179.50	174.68
207	—	621	170.00–180.50	175.92
155	—	734	167.00–179.50	172.71
17	—	383	218.00–230.00	225.72
60	—	579	170.00–194.00	184.73
15	—	753	165.00	165.00
143	—	525	178.00–201.50	193.12
83	—	484	189.00–200.00	196.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	578	193.00	193.00
26	—	647	180.00	180.00
52	—	655	179.50–184.50	182.31
24	—	749	171.00	171.00
36	—	765	176.50	176.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	157.00	157.00
13	—	385	200.00–201.00	200.46
5	—	777	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	816	175.50	175.50
273	—	672	183.00–205.00	199.57
38	—	475	198.00–227.50	218.30
34	—	756	175.50–187.00	182.51
50	—	859	169.00–177.75	174.60
141	—	571	191.00–225.75	211.03
185	—	624	194.00–216.00	209.40
149	—	533	201.00–223.00	215.12
32	—	420	230.00–242.00	235.61
213	—	727	174.50–188.00	183.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	464	221.50	221.50
26	—	640	185.00	185.00
7	—	424	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	918	166.00	166.00
5	—	766	165.00	165.00
13	—	662	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	591	219.00	219.00
11	—	667	197.50	197.50
13	—	605	211.00	211.00
21	—	530	222.75	222.75
36	—	774	182.25	182.25

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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