Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE TODAY. Compared to the auction last week, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 10.00 to 12.00 lower, 700 weight steers 9.00 to 14.00 lower, all reflective of the fed cattle market.

600 weight heifer feeders were 12.00 to 15.00 lower. The spread between LTW and off the cow was apparent today. Available today were load lots of quality, LTW, vaccinated feeder cattle. Demand was good. Trade was active for today's moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $240.31/cwt on 1,616 head.

Average price

$240.31

1,616 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$305

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$51.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.51

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	657	241.57	1,588	1,565
Medium and Large 1-2	677	205.37	1,390	39
Large 1	996	190.00	1,892	12thin

One grade step is worth $51.57/cwt here — about −$305 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 sale1,616 hd

240.31

—

IA average11 barns · 9,346 hd

235.80

+4.51

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

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	248.87/cwt	232.50–252.00	1,090	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	231.38/cwt	223.00–234.00	1,113	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	237.40/cwt	227.00–250.00	1,242	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	220.27/cwt	193.50–240.00	1,282	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	210.13/cwt	185.00–223.75	1,299	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	221.73/cwt	218.00–224.00	1,483	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	546	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,496	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	617	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,308	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	243.45/cwt	239.00–247.00	1,495	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,332	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	225.01/cwt	205.00–227.00	1,933	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	711	206.08/cwt	202.00–209.00	1,465	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	283.83/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,192	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	203.96/cwt	199.00–209.00	1,401	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	269.95/cwt	256.00–295.00	1,563	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	289.04/cwt	283.50–300.00	1,532	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	214.22/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,690	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,443	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	252.25/cwt	246.00–255.25	1,476	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	216.25/cwt	216.25–216.25	1,760	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,158	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	192.42/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,307	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	445	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,024	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	222.28/cwt	200.00–225.50	1,618	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	240.56/cwt	230.50–264.50	1,520	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	213.89/cwt	204.50–218.50	1,219	112
Steers	Large 1	—	996	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,892	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,444	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	995	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	230.18/cwt	222.00–243.50	1,572	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	291.31/cwt	273.00–301.00	1,390	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	830	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	232.60/cwt	226.75–240.00	1,100	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,043	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	23

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 Dec 7, 2023

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

Receipts 3,195Last week 2,416Year ago 2,389

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	710	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	438	232.50–252.00	248.87
38	—	481	223.00–234.00	231.38
70	—	523	227.00–250.00	237.40
112	—	582	193.50–240.00	220.27
221	—	618	185.00–223.75	210.13
18	—	679	185.00–200.00	192.42
4	—	956	151.00	151.00
9	—	398	250.00	250.00
3	—	772	187.00	187.00
6	—	332	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	445	230.00	230.00
112	—	570	204.50–218.50	213.89
31	—	473	226.75–240.00	232.60
23	—	655	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	185.00	185.00
11	—	514	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	669	218.00–224.00	221.73
29	—	546	274.00	274.00
103	—	614	239.00–247.00	243.45
38	—	711	202.00–209.00	206.08
14	—	420	272.00–290.00	283.83
4	—	486	297.00	297.00
65	—	585	246.00–255.25	252.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	617	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	343	300.00	300.00
6	—	444	300.00	300.00
66	—	859	205.00–227.00	225.01
161	—	579	256.00–295.00	269.95
82	—	530	283.50–300.00	289.04
148	—	789	200.00–223.00	214.22
26	—	814	216.25	216.25
4	—	371	312.00	312.00
208	—	728	200.00–225.50	222.28
272	—	632	230.50–264.50	240.56
251	—	683	222.00–243.50	230.18
55	—	477	273.00–301.00	291.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	858	187.50	187.50
23	—	687	199.00–209.00	203.96
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	996	190.00	190.00

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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