Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-06-29

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jun 29
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,302 head
▼ 836 vs last sale 2,138▼ 276 vs year ago 1,578 · −17.5%
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1767243.731,869585
Large 11,093189.002,0663thin
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—640225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,44010
BullsMedium and Large 1—503267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3468
BullsMedium and Large 1—982180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7683
HeifersLarge 1—1,022173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,7685
HeifersMedium and Large 1—812194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5753
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419247.12/cwt241.00–255.001,0357
SteersMedium and Large 1—544258.20/cwt250.00–274.001,40522
SteersMedium and Large 1—677245.74/cwt235.00–254.001,66420
SteersMedium and Large 1—431275.77/cwt268.00–287.501,18913
SteersMedium and Large 1—569255.65/cwt250.00–264.001,45550
SteersMedium and Large 1—723250.60/cwt232.00–254.001,812153
SteersMedium and Large 1—771232.05/cwt225.00–237.501,78915
SteersMedium and Large 1—609255.93/cwt240.00–264.001,55912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—761224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,70522
SteersMedium and Large 1—393292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,1483
SteersLarge 1—1,093189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,0663
SteersMedium and Large 1—913232.54/cwt219.00–237.502,123168
SteersMedium and Large 1—834239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,99366
SteersMedium and Large 1—489267.16/cwt258.00–282.001,30614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—689225.25/cwt225.25–225.251,55279
SteersMedium and Large 1—878230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,01949
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—971207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,0106
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725217.29/cwt212.00–221.001,57516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573235.49/cwt225.00–243.001,34929
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618222.85/cwt215.00–227.001,37751
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530257.57/cwt237.00–268.751,36576
HeifersMedium and Large 1—858211.81/cwt209.50–224.001,81758
HeifersMedium and Large 1—499257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2827
HeifersMedium and Large 1—366261.71/cwt258.00–264.0095811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—583200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1666
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,19917

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.