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 1—439290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2738
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—468220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—710184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—613233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4286
HeifersMedium and Large 1—790203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6044
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,0056
HeifersMedium and Large 1—409250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0236
HeifersMedium and Large 1—879181.51/cwt180.00–183.001,5958
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516249.59/cwt241.00–253.001,28822
HeifersMedium and Large 1—718208.95/cwt204.50–211.001,50029
SteersMedium and Large 1—617259.20/cwt255.00–263.501,59986
SteersMedium and Large 1—870167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,4535
SteersMedium and Large 1—729230.18/cwt220.00–235.001,678147
SteersMedium and Large 1—490277.32/cwt272.00–284.001,3599
SteersMedium and Large 1—511290.08/cwt284.00–294.501,48241
SteersMedium and Large 1—576266.96/cwt260.00–270.001,53857
SteersMedium and Large 1—680242.38/cwt221.00–247.001,64859
SteersMedium and Large 1—768215.73/cwt213.00–220.001,65768
HeifersMedium and Large 1—494254.08/cwt244.00–276.001,25548
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567232.61/cwt222.00–240.001,31982
HeifersMedium and Large 1—629231.10/cwt222.00–235.001,45490
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670222.40/cwt204.00–228.001,490162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—479227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0904
SteersMedium and Large 1—830216.59/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.