Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2023-10-26

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Oct 26
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
790 head
▼ 610 vs last sale 1,400▼ 1,440 vs year ago 2,230 · −64.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction last week: in a lighter offering, steer and heifer calves sold with a lower undertone. 500 lb. steers calves were lower 4.00 - 5.00, 700 lb yearlings lower by 7.00 - 9.00.

500 lb. heifers calves lower 6.00 - 8.00, 700 lb lower by 7.00 - 9.00. Good offering of quality, green feeder calves today. Demand for calves was light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $258.62/cwt on 344 head.
Average price
$258.62
344 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.84
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1605259.271,569295
Medium and Large 1-2520254.721,32449
One grade step is worth $4.55/cwt here — about $245 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 sale344 hd
258.62
—
IA average6 barns · 2,876 hd
234.78
+23.84
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

34 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 1Unweaned—577243.44/cwt236.00–263.001,40537
SteersMedium and Large 1—678247.96/cwt235.00–256.001,68132
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—384318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,2216
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—464261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,2118
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—647260.63/cwt257.00–269.001,68646
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—517250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2933
SteersMedium and Large 1—900217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,9535
BullsMedium and Large 1—498200.00/cwt200.00–200.009964
HeifersMedium and Large 1—647222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4363
HeifersMedium and Large 1—960210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0166
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,1167
HeifersMedium and Large 1—495238.34/cwt237.00–239.001,1809
HeifersLarge 1-2—1,128137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,5513
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—421284.96/cwt275.00–292.501,20017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—535253.08/cwt241.00–260.001,35441
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—708217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5364
SteersMedium and Large 1—421292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,2295
SteersMedium and Large 1—617269.24/cwt251.00–273.001,66123
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—612242.80/cwt224.00–249.001,48634
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—481241.97/cwt230.00–257.001,16461
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—677238.72/cwt225.00–251.001,61636
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—533288.46/cwt285.00–290.001,53737
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—395271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,0705
SteersMedium and Large 1—536279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,49511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570241.38/cwt230.00–250.001,37631
HeifersMedium and Large 1—739222.46/cwt220.00–223.001,64460
SteersMedium and Large 1—598258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,54311
SteersMedium and Large 1—708233.85/cwt231.00–239.001,65614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,36612
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—315285.00/cwt285.00–285.008983
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—412235.57/cwt232.00–239.0097112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—579231.66/cwt220.00–240.001,34147
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—520239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,24319
SteersMedium and Large 1—803220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7673

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.