Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-01-09

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Tue, Jan 9
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,113 head
1,834 vs last sale 2,947 1,250 vs year ago 2,363 · 52.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE. No comparison made to last week's auction as the first major snow storm of the season occurred today. However, today's light offering included many reputation, LTW, double vaccinated feeder calves in load lots. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $239.42/cwt on 609 head.
Average price
$239.42
609 head · 694 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,663
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$363
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.90
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1696239.871,670597
Medium and Large 1-2601217.501,30712thin
One grade step is worth $22.37/cwt here — about $363 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 sale609 hd
239.42
IA average12 barns · 14,347 hd
248.32
−8.90
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

24 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 1439290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2738
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4286
HeifersMedium and Large 1790203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6044
HeifersMedium and Large 1385261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,0056
HeifersMedium and Large 1409250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0236
HeifersMedium and Large 1879181.51/cwt180.00–183.001,5958
HeifersMedium and Large 1516249.59/cwt241.00–253.001,28822
HeifersMedium and Large 1718208.95/cwt204.50–211.001,50029
SteersMedium and Large 1617259.20/cwt255.00–263.501,59986
SteersMedium and Large 1870167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,4535
SteersMedium and Large 1729230.18/cwt220.00–235.001,678147
SteersMedium and Large 1490277.32/cwt272.00–284.001,3599
SteersMedium and Large 1511290.08/cwt284.00–294.501,48241
SteersMedium and Large 1576266.96/cwt260.00–270.001,53857
SteersMedium and Large 1680242.38/cwt221.00–247.001,64859
SteersMedium and Large 1768215.73/cwt213.00–220.001,65768
HeifersMedium and Large 1494254.08/cwt244.00–276.001,25548
HeifersMedium and Large 1567232.61/cwt222.00–240.001,31982
HeifersMedium and Large 1629231.10/cwt222.00–235.001,45490
HeifersMedium and Large 1670222.40/cwt204.00–228.001,490162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0904
SteersMedium and Large 1830216.59/cwt206.00–218.001,798117

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.