Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - Compared to the auction last week, 500 - 600 lb. steers were 8.00 to 11.00 higher, 700 - 800 lb. steer cattle were 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer calves weighing 500 - 600 lb were 7.00 to 10.00 higher with eight weight heifers fully steady. Many high quality, reputation replacement heifers were available today. Today's offering was mostly quality, home raised, long time weaned feeder calves. Demand was very good throughout the auction. Trade was active for today's moderate offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $282.72/cwt on 1,128 head.

Average price

$282.72

1,128 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$6.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.13

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	662	282.85	1,872	1,106
Medium and Large 1-2	601	276.38	1,662	22

One grade step is worth $6.47/cwt here — about $210 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 sale1,128 hd

282.72

—

IA average8 barns · 8,429 hd

264.59

+18.13

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

35 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 1-2	—	550	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,529	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	663	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,677	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	703	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,687	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	766	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,762	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	231.42/cwt	228.00–233.50	1,666	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	332.69/cwt	326.00–341.50	1,574	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,774	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	262.07/cwt	250.00–270.50	1,908	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,329	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	317.03/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,804	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	269.17/cwt	250.00–284.50	1,822	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	333.62/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,445	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	233.53/cwt	231.00–234.50	1,931	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	301.61/cwt	285.00–313.00	1,870	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	329.08/cwt	315.00–336.50	1,715	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,894	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	802	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,949	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	717	264.65/cwt	253.00–270.50	1,898	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	252.40/cwt	232.00–258.00	1,943	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	298.13/cwt	289.00–312.00	1,294	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	258.78/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,610	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	595	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,830	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	838	232.78/cwt	228.50–236.75	1,951	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	975	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,130	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,726	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	225.04/cwt	219.00–228.50	1,742	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,042	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	293.03/cwt	287.00–302.00	1,093	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	272.24/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,448	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	262.59/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,510	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	246.67/cwt	230.00–266.50	1,645	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	285.73/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,317	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	251.34/cwt	241.50–255.00	1,563	129

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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 2,188Last week 2,796Year ago 1,141

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	550	278.00	278.00
3	—	633	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	663	253.00	253.00
18	—	703	240.00	240.00
30	—	766	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	720	228.00–233.50	231.42
30	—	434	289.00–312.00	298.13
49	—	774	219.00–228.50	225.04
7	—	373	287.00–302.00	293.03
136	—	532	260.00–275.00	272.24
84	—	575	255.00–271.00	262.59
160	—	667	230.00–266.50	246.67
12	—	461	285.00–288.00	285.73
129	—	622	241.50–255.00	251.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	473	326.00–341.50	332.69
175	—	728	250.00–270.50	262.07
5	—	382	348.00	348.00
149	—	569	310.00–325.00	317.03
197	—	677	250.00–284.50	269.17
30	—	433	322.50–340.00	333.62
39	—	827	231.00–234.50	233.53
176	—	620	285.00–313.00	301.61
78	—	521	315.00–336.50	329.08
7	—	861	220.00	220.00
73	—	770	232.00–258.00	252.40
9	—	922	221.50	221.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	615	288.50	288.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	548	308.00	308.00
12	—	622	255.00–260.00	258.78
7	—	589	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	802	243.00	243.00
40	—	717	253.00–270.50	264.65
9	—	975	218.50	218.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	595	307.50	307.50
44	—	838	228.50–236.75	232.78

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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