Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction last week, with a larger offering of quality feeder calves today, 500 lb steer calves were 15.00 to 18.00 higher, 700 lb steers were 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves weighing 500 lbs were 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Outstanding offering today of reputation, vaccinated, both weaned and off the cow feeder calves. Load lots available of quality yearling steers and heifers. Supply was moderate. Trade was active. Demand was good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $265.48/cwt on 857 head.

Average price

$265.48

857 head · 692 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$349

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

$0.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.19

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	564	265.53	1,496	16thin
Medium and Large 1	695	265.48	1,845	841

One grade step is worth $0.05/cwt here — about −$349 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 sale857 hd

265.48

—

IA average8 barns · 5,827 hd

259.29

+6.19

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

39 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	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	570	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,442	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	262.14/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,392	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,121	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,902	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	272.04/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,262	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	216.58/cwt	215.75–217.75	2,003	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	240.36/cwt	237.00–243.00	1,598	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,495	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,542	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,006	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	311.35/cwt	303.00–323.00	1,616	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	280.51/cwt	276.50–282.50	1,899	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	301.94/cwt	284.00–321.00	1,310	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	530	300.36/cwt	288.00–307.00	1,592	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	577	258.95/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,494	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	621	274.75/cwt	274.75–274.75	1,706	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	696	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,684	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	897	246.75/cwt	246.75–246.75	2,213	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	315.09/cwt	307.00–319.00	1,320	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	276.82/cwt	272.50–298.00	1,619	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	358	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,117	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,371	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	624	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	498	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,315	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,901	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	282.25/cwt	281.50–284.00	1,778	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,716	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,435	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	217.40/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,576	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	258.31/cwt	244.50–260.10	1,824	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,149	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,143	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	2,088	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,799	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,422	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	755	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,820	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	748	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,851	61

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 Nov 2, 2023

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

Receipts 1,675Last week 790Year ago 1,476

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	570	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	531	261.00–263.00	262.14
4	—	399	281.00	281.00
26	—	464	270.00–274.00	272.04
183	—	925	215.75–217.75	216.58
10	—	593	242.00	242.00
11	—	725	216.00–219.00	217.40
57	—	992	210.50	210.50
61	—	784	229.50	229.50
5	—	687	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	853	223.00	223.00
3	—	938	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	507	270.50	270.50
4	—	498	264.00	264.00
11	—	560	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	624	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	665	237.00–243.00	240.36
37	—	434	284.00–321.00	301.94
41	—	530	288.00–307.00	300.36
50	—	585	272.50–298.00	276.82
19	—	358	312.00	312.00
12	—	624	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	592	260.50	260.50
59	—	824	243.50	243.50
68	—	519	303.00–323.00	311.35
32	—	677	276.50–282.50	280.51
15	—	419	307.00–319.00	315.09
51	—	765	248.50	248.50
26	—	630	281.50–284.00	282.25
74	—	706	244.50–260.10	258.31
56	—	903	238.00	238.00
58	—	866	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	577	251.00–262.00	258.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	621	274.75	274.75
21	—	696	242.00	242.00
61	—	897	246.75	246.75
40	—	755	241.00	241.00
61	—	748	247.50	247.50

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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