Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison made today as the previous USDA reported feeder calf auction was on June 1, 2023. Many load lots offered today of quality yearling steer and heifer cattle. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was active

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $243.45/cwt on 588 head.

Average price

$243.45

588 head · 768 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$197

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$54.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.24

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	767	243.73	1,869	585
Large 1	1,093	189.00	2,066	3thin

One grade step is worth $54.73/cwt here — about −$197 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 sale588 hd

243.45

—

IA average7 barns · 3,165 hd

227.21

+16.24

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

31 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	—	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,346	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	982	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,768	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,022	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,575	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	247.12/cwt	241.00–255.00	1,035	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	258.20/cwt	250.00–274.00	1,405	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	245.74/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,664	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	275.77/cwt	268.00–287.50	1,189	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	255.65/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,455	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	250.60/cwt	232.00–254.00	1,812	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	232.05/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,789	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	255.93/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,559	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,705	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,148	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,093	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,066	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	232.54/cwt	219.00–237.50	2,123	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,993	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	267.16/cwt	258.00–282.00	1,306	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	225.25/cwt	225.25–225.25	1,552	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,019	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,010	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	217.29/cwt	212.00–221.00	1,575	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	235.49/cwt	225.00–243.00	1,349	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	222.85/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,377	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	257.57/cwt	237.00–268.75	1,365	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	211.81/cwt	209.50–224.00	1,817	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	499	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,282	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	261.71/cwt	258.00–264.00	958	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,166	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,199	17

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 29, 2023

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

Receipts 1,302Last week 2,138Year ago 1,578

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	640	225.00	225.00
8	—	503	267.50	267.50
3	—	982	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,022	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	812	194.00	194.00
7	—	419	241.00–255.00	247.12
22	—	761	224.00	224.00
79	—	689	225.25	225.25
16	—	725	212.00–221.00	217.29
29	—	573	225.00–243.00	235.49
51	—	618	215.00–227.00	222.85
76	—	530	237.00–268.75	257.57
58	—	858	209.50–224.00	211.81
7	—	499	257.00	257.00
11	—	366	258.00–264.00	261.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	971	207.00	207.00
6	—	583	200.00	200.00
17	—	533	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	544	250.00–274.00	258.20
20	—	677	235.00–254.00	245.74
13	—	431	268.00–287.50	275.77
50	—	569	250.00–264.00	255.65
153	—	723	232.00–254.00	250.60
15	—	771	225.00–237.50	232.05
12	—	609	240.00–264.00	255.93
3	—	393	292.00	292.00
168	—	913	219.00–237.50	232.54
66	—	834	239.00	239.00
14	—	489	258.00–282.00	267.16
49	—	878	230.00	230.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,093	189.00	189.00

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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