Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-08-31

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Aug 31
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
880 head
486 vs last sale 1,366 464 vs year ago 1,344 · 34.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago, 700 lb yearling steers were firm. 700 -800 lb yearling heifers were steady. Load lots of yearling steers and heifers were available on today's light volume. Trade was active. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $265.62/cwt on 527 head.
Average price
$265.62
527 head · 725 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,926
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$668
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.40
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726265.711,930524
Medium and Large 1-2505250.001,2633thin
One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $668 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 sale527 hd
265.62
IA average9 barns · 6,551 hd
252.22
+13.40
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

23 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
SteersMedium and Large 1652283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,8486
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned453287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3007
HeifersMedium and Large 1323285.00/cwt285.00–285.009213
HeifersMedium and Large 1441290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2794
HeifersMedium and Large 1955225.50/cwt225.50–225.502,1544
HeifersMedium and Large 1532262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,3946
HeifersMedium and Large 1840224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,8866
SteersMedium and Large 1714265.33/cwt252.00–270.001,894202
SteersMedium and Large 1392310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2153
SteersMedium and Large 1632277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,75123
HeifersMedium and Large 1907220.50/cwt220.50–220.502,00019
SteersMedium and Large 1524302.32/cwt287.00–306.251,58420
SteersMedium and Large 1485323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,56711
SteersMedium and Large 1582300.29/cwt293.00–302.001,74837
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2633
HeifersMedium and Large 1658266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,75420
SteersMedium and Large 1780258.77/cwt253.00–264.752,018103
HeifersMedium and Large 1771239.75/cwt239.75–239.751,84866
HeifersMedium and Large 1567277.12/cwt271.00–288.001,57138
HeifersMedium and Large 1478305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4588
HeifersMedium and Large 1712246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,75214
HeifersMedium and Large 1647257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,66618
SteersMedium and Large 1833245.97/cwt233.00–247.502,049119

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.