Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - - -Compared to the auction last week, 400 - 500 lb light weight steer calves were 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 600 -700 lb steers were 1.00 to 4.00 higher and eight weight cattle were 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb calves 6.00 to 8.00 higher and 600 - 700 lb heifers 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Available today were large groups of quality, reputation replacement heifers. Today's moderate offering were many high quality, home raised and long time weaned feeder cattle. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.06/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −145.53 against this barn's trailing median of $428.59.

Average price

$283.06

154 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.51

vs IA average

+11.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	283.06	1,563	154

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $451.61, low $376.15, median $428.59 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale154 hd

283.06

—

IA average5 barns · 819 hd

274.55

+8.51

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

+11.15

This barn, trailing median19 sales

428.59

−145.53

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	824	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,089	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	789	258.10/cwt	258.10–258.10	2,036	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,354	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,236	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,829	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	223.06/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,762	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	268.29/cwt	266.25–271.50	1,964	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	240.47/cwt	239.00–244.00	2,102	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	303.05/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,461	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	387.06/cwt	377.50–390.00	1,641	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,692	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	294.20/cwt	277.00–303.00	1,956	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	251.28/cwt	232.00–254.00	1,789	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	324.29/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,891	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	303.17/cwt	298.50–317.50	1,928	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,139	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	288.73/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,510	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	341.19/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,655	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	334.18/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,768	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,402	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	279.24/cwt	274.00–287.00	1,597	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	672	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,700	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	341.06/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,439	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	705	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,657	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,510	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,650	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	254.41/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,733	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,454	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	254.06/cwt	252.00–259.50	1,977	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	270.70/cwt	268.00–273.00	1,846	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	300.52/cwt	297.50–317.50	1,328	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,246	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	779	238.25/cwt	238.25–238.25	1,856	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	569	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,565	4

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 Mar 7, 2024

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

Receipts 1,495Last week 1,397Year ago 1,081

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	750–800	789	258.10	258.10
51	800–850	824	253.50	253.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	268	425.00	425.00
7	300–350	342	410.00	410.00
26	400–450	424	377.50–390.00	387.06
42	450–500	485	330.00–351.00	341.19
86	500–550	529	320.00–340.00	334.18
72	550–600	583	315.00–330.00	324.29
79	600–650	636	298.50–317.50	303.17
41	650–700	665	277.00–303.00	294.20
20	700–750	732	266.25–271.50	268.29
29	750–800	778	252.00–259.50	254.06
27	850–900	874	239.00–244.00	240.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	347.50	347.50
5	450–500	469	310.00	310.00
7	500–550	528	312.50	312.50
15	650–700	682	268.00–273.00	270.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	334	370.00	370.00
5	350–400	376	360.00	360.00
36	400–450	422	325.00–350.00	341.06
73	450–500	482	295.00–312.50	303.05
62	500–550	523	280.00–292.00	288.73
92	550–600	572	274.00–287.00	279.24
34	600–650	602	281.00	281.00
112	650–700	681	245.00–259.00	254.41
37	700–750	712	232.00–254.00	251.28
25	750–800	790	220.00–227.00	223.06
11	800–850	802	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	672	253.00	253.00
37	750–800	779	238.25	238.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	335.00	335.00
20	400–450	442	297.50–317.50	300.52
4	600–650	619	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	569	275.00	275.00
11	700–750	705	235.00	235.00

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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