Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - - Compared to the auction last week, 400 - 500 lb steer calves were 10.00 to 15.00 higher and 600 - 700 lb cattle were 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 400 -500 lb calves 6.00 to 10.00 higher with 600 - 700 lb cattle 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Again this week, many green, light weight calves suitable for grass were available. Today's moderate offering included long time weaned, double vaccinated, quality feeder calves. 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 $286.80/cwt on 761 head.

Average price

$286.80

761 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$247

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

$4.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.07

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	577	290.79	1,677	24
Medium and Large 1	671	286.67	1,924	737

One grade step is worth $4.12/cwt here — about −$247 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 sale761 hd

286.80

—

IA average6 barns · 3,807 hd

267.74

+19.07

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

37 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	—	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	486	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,434	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,055	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	216.56/cwt	216.00–217.00	1,875	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,931	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	303.93/cwt	288.00–312.50	1,906	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	282.27/cwt	266.00–290.00	1,648	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	267.56/cwt	258.00–274.00	1,959	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	360.47/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,507	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	321.80/cwt	317.00–331.00	1,722	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	318.59/cwt	308.50–329.00	1,806	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	292.08/cwt	279.00–299.25	1,922	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	222.37/cwt	220.00–224.00	2,050	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	323.87/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,266	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	324.08/cwt	317.50–342.50	1,510	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	549	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,427	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	761	261.75/cwt	261.75–261.75	1,992	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	914	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,111	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	662	293.75/cwt	293.75–293.75	1,945	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	282.73/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,510	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	255.81/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,993	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	257.83/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,627	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	239.78/cwt	230.00–245.50	1,729	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,091	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	293.38/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,391	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,145	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	741	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,853	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,274	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	269.23/cwt	255.00–278.50	1,548	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	305.43/cwt	303.00–307.50	1,307	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	245.02/cwt	238.00–254.00	1,676	26

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 1,397Last week 2,025Year ago 1,270

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	500	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	486	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	750	230.00	230.00
6	—	346	305.00	305.00
7	—	866	216.00–217.00	216.56
7	—	900	214.50	214.50
19	—	391	320.00–340.00	323.87
41	—	534	279.00–284.00	282.73
86	—	631	247.00–263.00	257.83
38	—	721	230.00–245.50	239.78
58	—	474	280.00–305.00	293.38
74	—	575	255.00–278.50	269.23
17	—	428	303.00–307.50	305.43
26	—	684	238.00–254.00	245.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	549	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	451	242.00	242.00
3	—	373	307.00	307.00
4	—	444	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	741	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	627	288.00–312.50	303.93
3	—	388	385.00	385.00
81	—	732	258.00–274.00	267.56
21	—	418	350.00–372.50	360.47
47	—	535	317.00–331.00	321.80
94	—	567	308.50–329.00	318.59
108	—	658	279.00–299.25	292.08
23	—	922	220.00–224.00	222.37
37	—	466	317.50–342.50	324.08
156	—	779	247.00–260.00	255.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	584	266.00–290.00	282.27
3	—	527	317.00	317.00
4	—	494	313.00	313.00
6	—	643	278.50	278.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	761	261.75	261.75
6	—	914	231.00	231.00
18	—	662	293.75	293.75

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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