Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago, 500-600 lb steers were 8.00 - 9.00 higher, 800 lb steers were 9.00 higher. 600 lb heifers were 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Load lots available today of quality yearling cattle. Demand was good to very good for the offering of green, long time weaned, vaccinated fall feeder calves. Supply was moderate. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $247.81/cwt on 986 head.

Average price

$247.81

986 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,718

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$258

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$60.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	671	251.96	1,691	912
Medium and Large 1-2	610	230.50	1,405	10thin
Large 1	1,018	191.48	1,949	64

One grade step is worth $60.47/cwt here — about −$258 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 sale986 hd

247.81

—

IA average6 barns · 3,833 hd

248.57

−0.75

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

42 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	—	793	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,308	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	237.07/cwt	230.00–240.50	1,439	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	239.16/cwt	224.00–253.00	1,363	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	262.43/cwt	241.00–268.50	1,249	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	211.13/cwt	204.00–214.00	1,503	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,280	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	264.20/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,649	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	294.91/cwt	272.00–300.00	1,528	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	325	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	943	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	441	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,226	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,460	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	510	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,346	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	195.42/cwt	194.00–196.00	1,905	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	199.72/cwt	192.75–208.25	1,827	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	296.60/cwt	275.00–311.00	1,142	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	221.57/cwt	207.00–228.00	1,715	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	231.94/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,714	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	204.00/cwt	182.00–207.25	1,816	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	297.16/cwt	282.50–301.00	1,468	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	306.62/cwt	289.00–318.00	1,306	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	280.91/cwt	273.00–288.50	1,626	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	303.70/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,042	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	235.83/cwt	226.00–262.00	1,618	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,253	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	456	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,140	26
Steers	Large 1	—	1,078	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,951	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,015	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,949	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,510	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	216.38/cwt	214.75–219.00	1,783	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,648	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	257.21/cwt	248.00–270.00	1,006	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	199.07/cwt	191.50–202.50	1,638	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	248.21/cwt	230.00–264.00	1,065	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	249.44/cwt	226.00–266.50	1,295	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	345	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,258	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	218.45/cwt	216.00–219.50	1,289	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,430	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,431	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	290.76/cwt	287.50–295.00	928	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	177.25/cwt	176.50–180.00	1,710	14

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 Jun 1, 2023

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

Receipts 2,138Last week 3,759Year ago 1,984

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	793	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	607	230.00–240.50	237.07
69	—	570	224.00–253.00	239.16
83	—	476	241.00–268.50	262.43
91	—	712	204.00–214.00	211.13
25	—	879	187.50	187.50
37	—	391	248.00–270.00	257.21
59	—	823	191.50–202.50	199.07
94	—	429	230.00–264.00	248.21
128	—	519	226.00–266.50	249.44
9	—	668	214.00	214.00
9	—	797	179.50	179.50
14	—	319	287.50–295.00	290.76
14	—	965	176.50–180.00	177.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	908	141.00	141.00
7	—	645	195.00	195.00
10	—	590	216.00–219.50	218.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	583	215.00	215.00
26	—	456	250.00	250.00
5	—	345	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	624	256.00–266.00	264.20
86	—	518	272.00–300.00	294.91
14	—	975	194.00–196.00	195.42
140	—	915	192.75–208.25	199.72
29	—	385	275.00–311.00	296.60
49	—	774	207.00–228.00	221.57
25	—	739	230.00–237.00	231.94
53	—	890	182.00–207.25	204.00
52	—	494	282.50–301.00	297.16
90	—	426	289.00–318.00	306.62
111	—	579	273.00–288.50	280.91
8	—	343	300.00–307.50	303.70
14	—	686	226.00–262.00	235.83
124	—	824	214.75–219.00	216.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	290.00	290.00
6	—	441	278.00	278.00
8	—	611	239.00	239.00
23	—	510	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	520	245.00	245.00
5	—	699	216.00	216.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	181.00	181.00
61	—	1,015	192.00	192.00

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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