Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - Compared to the auction last week, light steers 500 - 600 lb were 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 700 - 800 lb steers were mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher and heavier steers were 3.00 higher to sharply higher. Heifers weighing 500 - 600 lb were mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher and seven weight heifers were fully steady to 6.00 higher. Today's moderate offering included many home raised, green, LTW and double vaccinated feeder in load lots and many smaller packages. Demand was very good throughout the auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $272.81/cwt on 1,006 head.

Average price

$272.81

1,006 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$7.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.99

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	671	273.02	1,833	979
Medium and Large 1-2	551	265.52	1,462	27

One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about $370 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 sale1,006 hd

272.81

—

IA average8 barns · 8,296 hd

264.82

+7.99

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

42 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	817	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,773	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	617	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,481	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	827	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,815	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	549	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,504	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	677	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,682	31
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,113	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,925	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	2,077	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	316.18/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,521	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	511	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,569	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,688	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	278.25/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,291	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	266.28/cwt	255.00–290.00	1,784	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	252.90/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,846	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	291.22/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,838	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	309.38/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,791	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,382	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	312.68/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,157	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	453	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,268	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	772	248.25/cwt	248.25–248.25	1,916	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,672	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	248.12/cwt	245.75–250.00	1,915	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	305.39/cwt	280.00–318.00	1,625	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	236.00/cwt	231.50–238.50	1,902	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,844	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,052	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	295.85/cwt	292.50–298.00	1,234	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,747	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	224.00/cwt	223.00–227.50	1,765	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	563	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,250	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	232.53/cwt	227.00–238.00	1,681	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	265.72/cwt	248.00–280.50	1,384	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	254.92/cwt	236.00–261.50	1,448	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	292.14/cwt	278.50–299.00	1,420	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,152	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,265	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,325	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	238.78/cwt	227.00–246.50	1,636	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	250.54/cwt	229.00–259.50	1,576	81

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

Thu Feb 8, 2024

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

Receipts 2,796Last week 3,082Year ago 2,052

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	817	217.00	217.00
6	—	617	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	827	219.50	219.50
26	—	549	274.00	274.00
31	—	677	248.50	248.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,113	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	453	280.00	280.00
4	—	563	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	870	212.00	212.00
8	—	346	304.00	304.00
8	—	417	292.50–298.00	295.85
26	—	803	217.50	217.50
73	—	788	223.00–227.50	224.00
104	—	723	227.00–238.00	232.53
138	—	521	248.00–280.50	265.72
169	—	568	236.00–261.50	254.92
3	—	987	186.00	186.00
36	—	486	278.50–299.00	292.14
6	—	379	304.00	304.00
231	—	685	227.00–246.50	238.78
81	—	629	229.00–259.50	250.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	707	206.00	206.00
6	—	650	200.00	200.00
4	—	496	255.00	255.00
6	—	571	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	908	228.75	228.75
51	—	481	310.00–321.00	316.18
164	—	670	255.00–290.00	266.28
72	—	730	244.00–259.00	252.90
125	—	631	275.00–300.00	291.22
128	—	579	275.00–315.00	309.38
7	—	852	222.00	222.00
8	—	436	317.00	317.00
11	—	370	300.00–320.00	312.68
177	—	772	245.75–250.00	248.12
48	—	532	280.00–318.00	305.39
61	—	806	231.50–238.50	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	511	307.00	307.00
19	—	624	270.50	270.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	464	271.00–285.00	278.25
11	—	677	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	772	248.25	248.25

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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