Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-01-25

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 25
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,774 head
▲ 342 vs last sale 2,432▼ 302 vs year ago 3,076 · −9.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - Compared to the auction last week, 500 -600 lb steer calves were 8.00 to 10.00 higher, six weight steers 5.00 - 7.00 higher and 700 - 800 lb were steady with a stronger undertone. Heifers weighing 500 - 600 lb were fully steady with seven weight heifers 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Many long strings available today for load lot buyers. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering of green, LTW, double vaccinated high quality feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $255.31/cwt on 1,600 head.
Average price
$255.31
1,600 head · 698 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$298
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.63
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2576258.321,48719thin
Medium and Large 1699255.271,7851,581
One grade step is worth $3.04/cwt here — about −$298 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 sale1,600 hd
255.31
—
IA average14 barns · 12,378 hd
249.68
+5.63
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
SteersMedium and Large 1—777234.29/cwt216.00–237.001,820110
SteersMedium and Large 1—624273.18/cwt260.50–285.001,705185
SteersMedium and Large 1—676259.27/cwt249.50–270.501,753267
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—696234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,62951
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—624244.74/cwt243.75–245.501,52767
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—688205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,4145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—733190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3935
HeifersMedium and Large 1—815207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6873
HeifersMedium and Large 1—879195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7145
SteersMedium and Large 1—867215.52/cwt206.00–227.751,86956
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—571258.17/cwt256.00–262.501,47412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—642230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4773
SteersMedium and Large 1—533302.76/cwt295.50–314.001,61494
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—773170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3146
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—780241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,88460
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—501299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,49817
SteersMedium and Large 1—723245.45/cwt222.00–253.501,775343
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—675258.25/cwt258.25–258.251,74328
SteersMedium and Large 1—571293.92/cwt277.00–310.001,678117
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628233.73/cwt221.00–251.001,468334
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531246.95/cwt235.00–258.001,31193
SteersMedium and Large 1—827222.15/cwt209.00–228.001,83774
SteersMedium and Large 1—466292.11/cwt290.00–293.001,36114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—663233.68/cwt213.00–238.001,54987
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577245.29/cwt236.00–252.501,415149
HeifersMedium and Large 1—706222.11/cwt209.00–230.001,568113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—751210.37/cwt207.50–211.001,58056
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—715251.79/cwt249.00–253.501,80089
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—827229.95/cwt228.75–231.001,902127
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430262.90/cwt260.00–264.001,13033
HeifersMedium and Large 1—483246.81/cwt246.50–247.501,19240

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.