Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-08-01

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Aug 1
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
868 head
82 vs last sale 786 224 vs year ago 644 · +34.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 600 - 700 lb steer calves were 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifers weighing 500 - 600 lb were 10.00 to 15.00 higher. The remaining heifer weights were fully steady. Available today were many load lots of quality heifer feeder cattle. Demand was very good for today's light offering. Trade was very active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.55/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 139.04 against this barn's trailing median of $428.59.
Average price
$289.55
66 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs IA average
+31.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582293.921,71152
Medium and Large 1-2581273.301,58814thin
One grade step is worth $20.62/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales
466431397362median 428.5912/1801/2202/2605/0708/13
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 sale66 hd
289.55
IA average1 barns · 66 hd
289.55
+0.00
National average139 barns · 7,218 hd
258.46
+31.09
This barn, trailing median19 sales
428.59
−139.04
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

19 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900853222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8943
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,011220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,22455
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850803241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,93510
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600582293.92/cwt285.00–300.251,71152
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950917221.25/cwt221.25–221.252,02957
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800768246.75/cwt246.75–246.751,89563
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550542342.46/cwt342.00–343.001,85613
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450436340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4824
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800777271.25/cwt271.25–271.252,10816
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620308.28/cwt308.00–309.001,91114
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750708297.80/cwt289.00–299.002,10834
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700658308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,03010
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850846265.50/cwt265.50–265.502,24656
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750745275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0494
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950903256.60/cwt256.60–256.602,31765
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581273.30/cwt264.00–277.001,58814
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700675269.94/cwt260.00–271.001,822144
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750740249.44/cwt249.00–251.001,84673
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000961222.02/cwt221.85–222.252,134139

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.