Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-01-18

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 18
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,432 head
1,043 vs last sale 1,389 285 vs year ago 2,147 · +13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - Compared to the auction last week, 400 - 500 lb steer calves were fully steady, seven weight steers were 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers weighing 500 - 600 lb were 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Today's moderate offering included many green, LTW, double vaccinated, reputation feeder cattle available in load lots. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $247.60/cwt on 1,119 head.
Average price
$247.60
1,119 head · 717 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,775
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$273
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.00
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2578260.001,5033thin
Medium and Large 1717247.561,7751,116
One grade step is worth $12.44/cwt here — about −$273 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 sale1,119 hd
247.60
IA average7 barns · 4,278 hd
246.59
+1.00
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

32 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1833190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5836
HeifersMedium and Large 1394263.16/cwt250.00–270.001,03713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement576251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,44614
HeifersMedium and Large 1486258.71/cwt257.50–261.001,25714
BullsMedium and Large 1573241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3819
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy728213.42/cwt210.00–215.001,55449
SteersMedium and Large 1772235.47/cwt229.50–242.751,818140
SteersMedium and Large 1854213.27/cwt199.00–215.501,82135
SteersMedium and Large 1488297.79/cwt295.00–302.001,45317
SteersMedium and Large 1723239.38/cwt226.00–258.001,731206
SteersMedium and Large 1543292.93/cwt291.00–298.001,59129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5033
SteersMedium and Large 1686249.35/cwt241.50–265.001,711145
SteersMedium and Large 1818220.75/cwt215.00–234.001,806188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573207.86/cwt201.00–217.001,19114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2686194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,33414
SteersMedium and Large 1937199.75/cwt199.75–199.751,87236
SteersMedium and Large 1429286.05/cwt277.50–295.001,2278
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy739242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,79245
SteersMedium and Large 1967191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,8479
HeifersMedium and Large 1710199.99/cwt192.50–220.001,420105
HeifersMedium and Large 1610234.82/cwt211.00–249.001,432107
SteersMedium and Large 1633283.34/cwt270.00–288.001,794141
SteersMedium and Large 1576282.65/cwt278.50–290.501,62894
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement666244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,62551
HeifersMedium and Large 1677231.35/cwt215.00–242.001,566208
HeifersMedium and Large 1799194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,55022
HeifersMedium and Large 1576247.46/cwt244.00–250.001,42592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2843
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy592291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,72323
HeifersMedium and Large 1437250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,09315
HeifersMedium and Large 1536249.94/cwt243.50–254.751,340131

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.