Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Feeder Cattle Sale - - Compared to the feeder calf auction 2 weeks ago, 550 lb steer calves were 5.00 to 12.00 higher, 600 - 750 lb calves were steady with a lower undertone and heavier weight yearling steer cattle were 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 450 - 700 lb calves 6.00 to 20.00 higher with heavier yearling heifers steady to 10.00 higher. Today's consignments saw many packages of green, home-raised and LTW'd feeder calves. Internet bidding was very active for today's moderate supply. Demand was very good as calves are headed to grass. The next scheduled feeder calf special is April 23

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $510.58/cwt on 228 head, up $13.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 19 comparable sales and sits +29.01 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$510.58

▲ 13.65 vs prior sale

228 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$43.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.45

vs IA average

+19.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	521.24	2,801	172
Medium and Large 1-2	561	477.84	2,683	56

One grade step is worth $43.40/cwt here — about $118 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

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 sale228 hd

510.58

—

IA average4 barns · 728 hd

497.14

+13.45

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+19.75

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

+29.01

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

41 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	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,883	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	388.01/cwt	380.00–394.00	2,584	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	367.46/cwt	358.00–380.00	2,609	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	507.35/cwt	490.00–526.00	2,126	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	441.42/cwt	425.00–459.00	2,348	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	521.41/cwt	515.00–545.00	1,809	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	495.77/cwt	462.50–505.00	2,285	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	378.72/cwt	373.50–380.00	3,124	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	424.83/cwt	417.00–440.00	2,434	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,026	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	544.84/cwt	535.00–555.00	2,604	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	342.51/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,678	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	456.75/cwt	445.00–477.50	2,841	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,919	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	667.50/cwt	667.50–667.50	2,223	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,997	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	347.99/cwt	338.00–354.00	3,167	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	385.28/cwt	376.00–395.00	2,793	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	537.19/cwt	520.00–555.00	2,777	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	321.92/cwt	320.00–324.00	2,653	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	486.11/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,839	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	621.63/cwt	600.00–631.00	2,636	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,451	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	529.91/cwt	527.50–532.50	2,782	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	493.30/cwt	467.50–505.00	2,649	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	415.04/cwt	395.00–423.00	2,577	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,723	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,364	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	717	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,710	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,376	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	423.84/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,831	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,010	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,201	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,440	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	547	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,626	5

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 Apr 9, 2026

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

Receipts 1,856Last week 1,623Year ago 1,044

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	347	515.00–545.00	521.41
17	400–450	419	490.00–526.00	507.35
74	450–500	461	462.50–505.00	495.77
33	500–550	532	425.00–459.00	441.42
67	550–600	573	417.00–440.00	424.83
116	600–650	621	395.00–423.00	415.04
12	650–700	666	380.00–394.00	388.01
14	700–750	710	358.00–380.00	367.46
22	750–800	782	330.00–347.00	342.51
15	800–850	824	320.00–324.00	321.92
51	850–900	861	339.00	339.00
3	900–950	948	305.00	305.00
9	1000–1050	1,001	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	490.00	490.00
14	450–500	489	450.00	450.00
14	550–600	588	415.00	415.00
8	600–650	639	370.00	370.00
11	700–750	701	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	298	680.00	680.00
23	300–350	333	667.50	667.50
7	350–400	389	630.00	630.00
68	400–450	424	600.00–631.00	621.63
12	450–500	478	535.00–555.00	544.84
66	500–550	517	520.00–555.00	537.19
45	550–600	584	470.00–495.00	486.11
65	600–650	622	445.00–477.50	456.75
33	650–700	668	415.00–450.00	423.84
42	700–750	725	376.00–395.00	385.28
66	750–800	797	376.00	376.00
85	800–850	825	373.50–380.00	378.72
27	900–950	910	338.00–354.00	347.99
4	950–1000	997	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
61	500–550	525	527.50–532.50	529.91
4	650–700	650	410.00	410.00
21	700–750	717	378.00	378.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	537	467.50–505.00	493.30
24	550–600	592	460.00	460.00
5	600–650	603	431.00	431.00
4	750–800	765	340.00	340.00
5	800–850	848	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	547	480.00	480.00

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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