Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison made today as the previous USDA reported feeder calf auction was on June 29, 2023. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. Many loads available today of quality, reputation yearling heifer cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $233.19/cwt on 778 head.

Average price

$233.19

778 head · 802 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$650

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$48.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.84

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	246.00	1,363	4thin
Medium and Large 1	784	236.33	1,853	710
Large 1	1,019	197.54	2,013	64

One grade step is worth $48.46/cwt here — about −$650 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 sale778 hd

233.19

—

IA average6 barns · 1,901 hd

220.36

+12.84

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

28 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
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,003	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	2,051	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	269.76/cwt	254.00–285.00	1,416	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	892	220.05/cwt	219.75–220.35	1,963	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	934	217.84/cwt	217.00–218.25	2,035	185
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,118	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,733	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	271.08/cwt	269.50–272.50	1,708	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,594	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	265.53/cwt	252.00–266.25	1,758	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	256.03/cwt	240.00–258.50	1,902	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,061	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	994	204.85/cwt	204.85–204.85	2,036	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	266.74/cwt	256.00–274.50	1,552	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,332	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	278.18/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,561	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,015	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,123	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	261.50/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,362	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	260.07/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,664	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	305.35/cwt	288.00–309.75	1,331	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	241.42/cwt	240.00–242.00	2,086	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	242.24/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,870	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	252.69/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,162	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	277.72/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,219	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,016	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	248.73/cwt	233.00–260.00	1,659	37
Steers	Large 1	—	1,025	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	2,137	4

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 Jul 20, 2023

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

Receipts 1,274Last week 1,302Year ago 1,578

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,003	204.50	204.50
9	—	1,118	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	748	242.00	242.00
55	—	994	204.85	204.85
124	—	582	256.00–274.50	266.74
32	—	521	257.00–265.00	261.50
59	—	640	251.00–265.00	260.07
40	—	772	235.00–252.50	242.24
9	—	460	245.00–262.00	252.69
15	—	439	267.00–285.00	277.72
15	—	898	224.50	224.50
37	—	667	233.00–260.00	248.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	554	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	892	219.75–220.35	220.05
185	—	934	217.00–218.25	217.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	525	254.00–285.00	269.76
24	—	630	269.50–272.50	271.08
59	—	662	252.00–266.25	265.53
98	—	743	240.00–258.50	256.03
6	—	908	227.00	227.00
9	—	469	284.00	284.00
15	—	561	271.00–280.00	278.18
7	—	806	250.00	250.00
25	—	436	288.00–309.75	305.35
24	—	864	240.00–242.00	241.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	648	246.00	246.00
3	—	413	272.00	272.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,025	208.50	208.50

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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