Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Special Feeder Cattle Sale held 2 weeks ago, 500 -600 lb feeder steer calves were 9.00 - 14.00 higher with the heavier weight classes 5.00 - 15.00 higher. Today's heifer trade saw the market 6.00 - 10.00 higher. Many packages of quality, home - raised and LTW'd feeder calves were available in today's moderate supply. Demand was very good. The next scheduled feeder calf auction is April 9.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $496.94/cwt on 89 head, up $16.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 19 comparable sales and sits +15.36 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$496.94

▲ 16.59 vs prior sale

89 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.26

vs IA average

+18.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	496.94	2,846	89

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $448.37, median $481.58 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 sale89 hd

496.94

—

IA average5 barns · 464 hd

487.68

+9.26

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+18.85

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

+15.36

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

30 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
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,208	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,778	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,061	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,253	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	327.34/cwt	326.00–330.00	2,799	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,138	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	322.48/cwt	295.00–327.50	2,644	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	364.99/cwt	358.00–370.25	3,015	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	304.40/cwt	302.00–308.00	2,825	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	495.65/cwt	495.00–496.00	2,429	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	384.17/cwt	370.00–389.00	2,466	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	418.74/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,404	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	368.82/cwt	355.00–371.00	2,467	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,557	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	563.75/cwt	552.50–572.50	2,351	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,830	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	471.87/cwt	462.50–480.00	2,883	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	345.55/cwt	336.00–360.00	2,671	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	339.68/cwt	325.00–340.75	3,111	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	3,187	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	370.18/cwt	360.00–379.00	2,899	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	437.43/cwt	420.00–447.00	2,935	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	346.85/cwt	339.50–348.00	3,000	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	489.05/cwt	480.00–501.00	2,846	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	413.20/cwt	390.00–418.00	2,930	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	369.15/cwt	352.00–375.00	2,639	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,788	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,534	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,505	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	383.72/cwt	381.00–397.50	2,241	18

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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 1,623Last week 1,415Year ago 1,806

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1200–1250	1,208	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	485.00	485.00
31	450–500	490	495.00–496.00	495.65
3	500–550	530	425.00	425.00
40	550–600	574	410.00–427.50	418.74
31	600–650	642	370.00–389.00	384.17
66	650–700	669	355.00–371.00	368.82
70	700–750	715	352.00–375.00	369.15
119	750–800	773	336.00–360.00	345.55
26	800–850	820	295.00–327.50	322.48
9	850–900	855	326.00–330.00	327.34
30	900–950	928	302.00–308.00	304.40
10	1050–1100	1,053	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	584	381.00–397.50	383.72
7	700–750	726	349.00	349.00
8	750–800	759	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	417	552.50–572.50	563.75
6	450–500	467	547.50	547.50
19	500–550	538	526.00	526.00
70	550–600	582	480.00–501.00	489.05
38	600–650	611	462.50–480.00	471.87
60	650–700	671	420.00–447.00	437.43
72	700–750	709	390.00–418.00	413.20
53	750–800	783	360.00–379.00	370.18
145	800–850	826	358.00–370.25	364.99
61	850–900	865	339.50–348.00	346.85
125	900–950	916	325.00–340.75	339.68
49	950–1000	973	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	625	446.00	446.00
3	700–750	707	360.00	360.00

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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