Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 500-700 lb steers were 6.00-8.00 higher; heifers 500 lb were 4.00 higher while 600-700 lb heifers were 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for the offering of today's green, long time weaned and vaccinated feeder calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $201.58/cwt on 1,193 head.

Average price

$201.58

1,193 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,339

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$265

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$39.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.29

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	202.67	1,339	1,152
Medium and Large 1-2	647	175.35	1,135	26
Large 1	984	163.00	1,604	15thin

One grade step is worth $39.67/cwt here — about −$265 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 sale1,193 hd

201.58

—

IA average9 barns · 8,932 hd

197.29

+4.29

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

28 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	—	390	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	831	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	934	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,443	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,340	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	168.14/cwt	168.00–168.25	1,401	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	962	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	226.70/cwt	213.00–239.00	1,208	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	175.23/cwt	169.00–179.50	1,509	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,065	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	185.63/cwt	185.00–186.75	1,415	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	197.25/cwt	185.00–209.50	1,341	398
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	235.34/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,144	38
Steers	Large 1	—	984	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,604	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,104	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	182.26/cwt	178.00–184.75	1,496	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	198.61/cwt	197.50–199.00	1,114	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	208.95/cwt	199.00–217.00	1,314	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,047	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	210.14/cwt	196.00–220.00	979	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	174.41/cwt	174.00–177.00	1,247	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	245.68/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,074	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	193.22/cwt	185.50–195.75	1,393	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	196.17/cwt	190.00–199.50	1,044	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	186.54/cwt	182.50–197.25	1,186	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	190.13/cwt	176.00–195.00	1,093	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	180.35/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,203	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,188	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	216.30/cwt	213.00–220.00	1,248	66

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 9, 2023

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

Receipts 2,052Last week 2,691Year ago 3,585

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	390	213.00	213.00
6	—	415	225.00	225.00
11	—	864	167.00	167.00
12	—	753	178.00	178.00
31	—	833	168.00–168.25	168.14
38	—	466	196.00–220.00	210.14
37	—	715	174.00–177.00	174.41
117	—	532	190.00–199.50	196.17
117	—	636	182.50–197.25	186.54
163	—	575	176.00–195.00	190.13
98	—	667	170.00–185.00	180.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	496	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	533	213.00–239.00	226.70
28	—	861	169.00–179.50	175.23
106	—	762	185.00–186.75	185.63
398	—	680	185.00–209.50	197.25
38	—	486	227.00–240.00	235.34
48	—	821	178.00–184.75	182.26
191	—	629	199.00–217.00	208.95
9	—	437	242.00–253.00	245.68
117	—	721	185.50–195.75	193.22
66	—	577	213.00–220.00	216.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	605	176.00	176.00
8	—	536	206.00	206.00
4	—	698	150.00	150.00
9	—	747	159.00	159.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	984	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	561	197.50–199.00	198.61

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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