Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's auction 400 -500 lb feeder steers were fully 8.00 - 10.00 higher, 700 -800 lb yearling steers were 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers weighing 500 - 600 lb were 6.00 - 7.00 higher. Supply was moderate, trade was active with demand to good to very good. Load lots available today for quality yearling feeders and long time weaned, green and vaccinated fall feeder calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $232.64/cwt on 886 head.

Average price

$232.64

886 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$340

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$47.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.54

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	659	235.79	1,553	811
Medium and Large 1-2	553	223.93	1,239	21
Large 1	1,003	188.75	1,893	54

One grade step is worth $47.04/cwt here — about −$340 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 sale886 hd

232.64

—

IA average8 barns · 4,302 hd

222.11

+10.54

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	459	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,180	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	351	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,057	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	794	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,437	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	238.88/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,015	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	204.18/cwt	190.00–214.00	1,382	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,376	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	196.10/cwt	188.00–199.00	1,724	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	267.11/cwt	239.00–275.50	1,381	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	280.21/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,180	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,811	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,245	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	237.08/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,337	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,273	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	371	284.07/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,054	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,054	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	243.52/cwt	230.00–251.50	1,500	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	249.57/cwt	237.00–264.00	1,420	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	215.23/cwt	193.00–227.00	1,644	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,183	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	208.73/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,367	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	815	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	1,514	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	670	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,404	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	236.59/cwt	230.00–245.00	918	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	197.84/cwt	180.00–225.00	1,140	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	907	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	206.33/cwt	180.00–216.00	1,285	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	243.89/cwt	227.50–255.00	1,139	140
Steers	Large 1	—	1,003	188.75/cwt	188.75–188.75	1,893	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	492	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,392	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	574	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,538	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,230	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,505	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	241.51/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,253	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	203.94/cwt	193.00–218.00	1,497	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	228.70/cwt	218.00–235.50	1,553	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	270.36/cwt	259.00–280.00	1,290	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	211.66/cwt	189.00–224.00	1,198	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	203.33/cwt	187.00–213.00	1,086	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,134	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	237.18/cwt	227.00–247.00	1,119	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	255.93/cwt	247.00–258.00	1,318	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,312	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	337	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	886	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,111	10

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 Apr 13, 2023

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

Receipts 2,284Last week 2,069Year ago 3,353

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	459	257.00	257.00
18	—	351	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	331	240.00	240.00
22	—	708	203.00	203.00
26	—	425	230.00–247.00	238.88
110	—	677	190.00–214.00	204.18
27	—	388	230.00–245.00	236.59
49	—	576	180.00–225.00	197.84
166	—	623	180.00–216.00	206.33
140	—	467	227.50–255.00	243.89
27	—	820	183.50	183.50
130	—	519	230.00–252.00	241.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	815	185.75	185.75
40	—	670	209.50	209.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	432	210.00	210.00
4	—	676	182.00	182.00
20	—	534	187.00–213.00	203.33
8	—	648	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	566	189.00–224.00	211.66
19	—	337	263.00	263.00
10	—	505	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	215.00	215.00
3	—	652	191.00	191.00
9	—	472	227.00–247.00	237.18
6	—	583	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	879	188.00–199.00	196.10
61	—	517	239.00–275.50	267.11
31	—	421	275.00–284.00	280.21
53	—	966	187.50	187.50
4	—	373	282.50	282.50
38	—	616	230.00–251.50	243.52
56	—	569	237.00–264.00	249.57
50	—	764	193.00–227.00	215.23
9	—	734	193.00–218.00	203.94
119	—	679	218.00–235.50	228.70
61	—	477	259.00–280.00	270.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	564	230.00–240.00	237.08
10	—	476	267.50	267.50
13	—	371	282.50–285.00	284.07
7	—	415	285.00	285.00
20	—	655	205.00–220.00	208.73
16	—	515	247.00–258.00	255.93
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,003	188.75	188.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	492	283.00	283.00
39	—	574	268.00	268.00

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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