Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the special feeder cattle auction 2 weeks ago, light weight steer calves sold steady with a lower undertone, 600 -700 lb calves were steady to 3.00 higher and heavier weight yearling cattle were fully steady. Today's heifer trade saw 500 lb calves as much as 20.00 higher with 600 -700 lb 15.00 lower and no test on the yearling cattle. High quality ran very deep in today's consignments of home-raised fall calves both in smaller packages and load lots. Available were calves both "just off the cow" and LTW'd but all double vaccinated. Demand was very good for today's large supply. Internet bidding active. The next scheduled feeder calf special is May 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $491.21/cwt on 312 head, down $19.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 19 comparable sales and sits +9.63 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$491.21

▼ 19.37 vs prior sale

312 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$27.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.28

vs IA average

+12.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	495.66	2,751	262
Medium and Large 1-2	564	467.90	2,637	50

One grade step is worth $27.75/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale312 hd

491.21

—

IA average5 barns · 1,207 hd

493.49

−2.28

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+12.18

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

+9.63

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

51 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	700–750	741	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,519	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	428.78/cwt	416.00–447.00	2,851	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	471.32/cwt	463.00–474.00	2,658	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	543.00/cwt	543.00–543.00	2,601	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	541.89/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,059	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	635.32/cwt	630.00–637.50	2,281	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,172	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	496	543.11/cwt	533.00–551.00	2,694	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,436	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	474.00/cwt	464.00–484.00	2,294	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	368.55/cwt	361.00–388.00	2,480	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	446.94/cwt	439.50–465.00	2,387	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	494.56/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,122	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	593	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,817	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	443.52/cwt	425.00–451.50	2,759	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	698	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,184	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,680	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	574.93/cwt	555.00–590.00	2,443	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	683	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,896	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	464	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,227	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	441.48/cwt	437.00–444.00	2,481	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	739	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,668	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	632	379.49/cwt	365.00–410.00	2,398	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	534	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,355	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	342.70/cwt	333.50–349.00	3,167	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	382.17/cwt	358.00–387.00	3,000	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	398.53/cwt	392.00–409.00	2,483	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,428	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	349.47/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,369	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	453.40/cwt	442.00–458.00	2,847	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	338.99/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,614	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	483.37/cwt	460.00–498.00	2,286	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	459.31/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,012	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,459	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	444.39/cwt	435.00–452.50	2,146	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	369	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,011	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	350.88/cwt	342.00–355.00	3,140	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	509.77/cwt	500.50–546.00	2,712	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,640	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	490.01/cwt	487.50–495.00	2,622	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	393.17/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,591	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	517.89/cwt	517.00–520.00	2,698	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	761	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	3,029	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	641	447.19/cwt	446.00–458.00	2,866	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	448.20/cwt	444.00–464.00	2,546	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	544.95/cwt	533.00–562.00	2,599	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	385.04/cwt	368.00–392.00	2,807	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	483.14/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,797	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	372.02/cwt	360.00–375.00	3,002	71

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

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	380	535.00–545.00	541.89
19	400–450	429	485.00–510.00	494.56
59	450–500	473	460.00–498.00	483.37
79	500–550	534	439.50–465.00	446.94
49	550–600	568	444.00–464.00	448.20
105	600–650	623	392.00–409.00	398.53
155	650–700	673	361.00–388.00	368.55
8	700–750	741	340.00	340.00
11	750–800	771	335.00–342.50	338.99
19	800–850	831	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	369	545.00	545.00
34	450–500	484	464.00–484.00	474.00
41	550–600	580	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	450–500	464	480.00	480.00
10	500–550	534	441.00	441.00
37	550–600	562	437.00–444.00	441.48
21	600–650	632	365.00–410.00	379.49
26	700–750	739	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	438	450.00–465.00	459.31
18	450–500	483	435.00–452.50	444.39
6	550–600	594	414.00	414.00
13	650–700	678	340.00–360.00	349.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	344	635.00	635.00
18	350–400	359	630.00–637.50	635.32
22	400–450	425	555.00–590.00	574.93
36	450–500	477	533.00–562.00	544.95
96	500–550	532	500.50–546.00	509.77
104	550–600	579	470.00–495.00	483.14
173	600–650	628	442.00–458.00	453.40
88	650–700	665	416.00–447.00	428.78
41	700–750	729	368.00–392.00	385.04
46	750–800	785	358.00–387.00	382.17
71	800–850	807	360.00–375.00	372.02
19	850–900	895	342.00–355.00	350.88
58	900–950	924	333.50–349.00	342.70
6	950–1000	979	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	479	543.00	543.00
30	500–550	521	517.00–520.00	517.89
16	550–600	564	463.00–474.00	471.32
64	600–650	622	425.00–451.50	443.52
3	650–700	698	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	450–500	496	533.00–551.00	543.11
16	550–600	593	475.00	475.00
76	600–650	641	446.00–458.00	447.19
28	650–700	683	424.00	424.00
14	750–800	761	398.00	398.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	492.50	492.50
24	500–550	535	487.50–495.00	490.01
26	550–600	590	447.50	447.50
11	650–700	659	390.00–395.00	393.17
6	750–800	789	320.00	320.00

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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