Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-02-16

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 16
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,141 head
911 vs last sale 2,052 2,444 vs year ago 3,585 · 68.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 500-700 lb feeder steers were 4.00 - 5.00 higher while 700 - 800 lb steers were steady. Heifers weighing 500 - 600 lbs were 4.00 higher ; 700 lb were steady. Many load lots were available today. Offering was light due to snow storm. Demand was good on today's moderate offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $180.49/cwt on 698 head.
Average price
$180.49
698 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,208
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.61
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1670180.491,208698
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale698 hd
180.49
IA average8 barns · 4,487 hd
179.88
+0.61
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

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1812166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,3525
HeifersMedium and Large 1341215.00/cwt215.00–215.007336
HeifersMedium and Large 1874160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,39810
HeifersMedium and Large 1988154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,52210
HeifersMedium and Large 1431217.00/cwt217.00–217.0093514
HeifersMedium and Large 1561180.24/cwt175.00–185.001,01119
SteersMedium and Large 1909163.44/cwt162.50–164.501,48615
SteersMedium and Large 1663198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,31322
SteersMedium and Large 1412236.67/cwt222.00–241.0097525
SteersMedium and Large 1781178.74/cwt176.00–179.501,39637
SteersMedium and Large 1639212.69/cwt195.50–219.001,35965
SteersMedium and Large 1574215.66/cwt205.00–223.001,23868
HeifersMedium and Large 1790168.96/cwt167.00–169.851,335130
HeifersMedium and Large 1681179.39/cwt175.00–183.501,222242
SteersMedium and Large 1335235.00/cwt235.00–235.007874
SteersMedium and Large 1827170.47/cwt169.00–174.501,41011
HeifersMedium and Large 1489191.92/cwt188.00–198.0093834
HeifersMedium and Large 1537200.82/cwt180.00–203.001,07850
HeifersMedium and Large 1710172.78/cwt170.00–176.001,22759
HeifersMedium and Large 1614185.85/cwt182.00–189.001,141119
SteersMedium and Large 1707186.75/cwt184.50–187.751,32047
SteersMedium and Large 1538239.19/cwt233.50–240.751,28765

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.