Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE -- Compared to Tuesday, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 4.00 to 8.00 higher, seven weight steers were 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifer calves weighing 500 - 600 lbs were 8.00 to 10.00 higher with 700 -800 lb cattle fully steady with a firm undertone. Demand was very good for today's offering of LTW, green, vaccinated calves that were available in load lots. 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 $249.51/cwt on 1,438 head.

Average price

$249.51

1,438 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

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

$10.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.21

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	703	249.67	1,754	1,417
Medium and Large 1-2	581	239.14	1,388	21

One grade step is worth $10.52/cwt here — about $366 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 sale1,438 hd

249.51

—

IA average11 barns · 9,076 hd

249.30

+0.21

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

41 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	—	497	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,310	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	643	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,534	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	684	223.18/cwt	222.00–227.50	1,527	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	701	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,697	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	233.02/cwt	220.00–236.50	1,794	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	461	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,337	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	213.55/cwt	211.75–214.00	1,954	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	233.68/cwt	215.50–240.50	1,682	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	706	240.24/cwt	239.50–242.25	1,696	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	308.23/cwt	304.00–311.00	1,569	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	275.59/cwt	266.00–298.00	1,593	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	225.24/cwt	220.00–230.50	1,838	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,942	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	613	284.25/cwt	284.25–284.25	1,742	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	248.95/cwt	239.50–267.00	1,688	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	269.79/cwt	249.00–282.50	1,694	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	307.44/cwt	288.00–315.00	1,470	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	580	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,612	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	768	234.25/cwt	234.25–234.25	1,799	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	890	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,962	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	752	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,677	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	835	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,941	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	257.46/cwt	252.00–262.50	1,326	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,295	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	222.76/cwt	205.00–229.00	1,506	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	684	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,525	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	708	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,586	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	732	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,790	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	212.85/cwt	200.00–229.00	1,539	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	684	246.75/cwt	246.75–246.75	1,688	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	216.03/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,657	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	242.55/cwt	233.00–253.00	1,409	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	257.49/cwt	251.00–266.00	1,246	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	235.30/cwt	225.00–249.00	1,449	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	205.49/cwt	202.00–207.50	1,695	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,286	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

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

Receipts 2,947Last week 1,365Year ago 2,974

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	497	263.50	263.50
26	—	643	238.50	238.50
77	—	684	222.00–227.50	223.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	701	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	250.00	250.00
6	—	853	199.00	199.00
40	—	515	252.00–262.50	257.46
48	—	676	205.00–229.00	222.76
63	—	723	200.00–229.00	212.85
57	—	767	215.00–219.00	216.03
173	—	581	233.00–253.00	242.55
70	—	484	251.00–266.00	257.49
176	—	616	225.00–249.00	235.30
95	—	825	202.00–207.50	205.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	684	223.00	223.00
15	—	708	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	538	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	250.00	250.00
7	—	693	230.00	230.00
11	—	535	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	770	220.00–236.50	233.02
60	—	915	211.75–214.00	213.55
253	—	720	215.50–240.50	233.68
63	—	509	304.00–311.00	308.23
124	—	578	266.00–298.00	275.59
29	—	816	220.00–230.50	225.24
60	—	850	228.50	228.50
135	—	678	239.50–267.00	248.95
224	—	628	249.00–282.50	269.79
23	—	478	288.00–315.00	307.44
3	—	440	304.50	304.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	461	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	706	239.50–242.25	240.24
5	—	752	223.00	223.00
52	—	835	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	613	284.25	284.25
8	—	580	278.00	278.00
26	—	768	234.25	234.25
55	—	890	220.50	220.50
56	—	732	244.50	244.50
21	—	684	246.75	246.75

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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