Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the special feeder auction 2 weeks ago, 400 - 500lb steer calves were 7.00 to 16.00 higher, 600 - 700 lbs were 5.00 to 20.00 higher with no test on heavier weight steer cattle. Heifer trade saw lighter weights (400 - 500 lb) 8.00 to 15.00 higher and 600 - 700 lbs 2.00 to 11.00 higher. Available in today's moderate supply were many high quality home raised LTW'd feeder calves. Demand was very good. The next scheduled special feeder calf / yearling auction is May 21

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $501.52/cwt on 290 head, up $10.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 19 comparable sales and sits +19.94 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$501.52

▲ 10.31 vs prior sale

290 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$29.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

vs IA average

+13.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	504.10	2,789	265
Medium and Large 1-2	572	474.21	2,713	25

One grade step is worth $29.89/cwt here — about $75 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale290 hd

501.52

—

IA average4 barns · 752 hd

502.07

−0.55

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+13.97

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

+19.94

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

44 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 1-2	550–600	579	474.78/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,749	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,314	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,356	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	578.00/cwt	578.00–578.00	2,595	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	627.38/cwt	625.00–640.00	2,472	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	472.76/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,872	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,453	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	561.14/cwt	560.00–565.00	2,570	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,161	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,802	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	537.94/cwt	520.00–545.00	2,302	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	391	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,082	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	511.90/cwt	495.00–539.00	2,708	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	425.15/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,904	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,417	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	498.35/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,382	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	464.36/cwt	450.00–472.00	2,856	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	556.12/cwt	550.00–572.50	2,647	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,096	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,178	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	439.04/cwt	432.50–445.00	2,494	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	582.34/cwt	575.00–594.00	2,562	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	622.47/cwt	590.00–637.50	2,359	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	512.13/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,499	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	458.47/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,856	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	479.28/cwt	472.50–490.00	2,665	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	538.00/cwt	538.00–538.00	2,781	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	431.08/cwt	410.00–442.50	2,444	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	401.36/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,492	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,022	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	372.94/cwt	368.00–385.00	2,558	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	383.50/cwt	383.50–383.50	3,068	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	421.58/cwt	408.00–423.00	2,985	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	455.55/cwt	443.00–500.00	2,369	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	498.47/cwt	482.50–510.00	2,856	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	527.38/cwt	517.50–545.00	2,215	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	347.29/cwt	325.00–351.00	2,678	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	333.88/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,748	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,044	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,909	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,191	12

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	444	562.50	562.50
7	450–500	482	480.00	480.00
3	500–550	522	470.00	470.00
22	550–600	579	470.00–477.50	474.78
9	600–650	647	433.00	433.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	394	625.00–640.00	627.38
19	400–450	449	578.00	578.00
31	450–500	476	550.00–572.50	556.12
20	500–550	517	538.00	538.00
23	550–600	556	472.50–490.00	479.28
78	600–650	615	450.00–472.00	464.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	660.00	660.00
19	350–400	379	590.00–637.50	622.47
28	400–450	440	575.00–594.00	582.34
13	450–500	458	560.00–565.00	561.14
85	500–550	529	495.00–539.00	511.90
137	550–600	573	482.50–510.00	498.47
28	600–650	623	445.00–470.00	458.47
60	650–700	683	420.00–435.00	425.15
38	700–750	708	408.00–423.00	421.58
9	750–800	774	400.00	400.00
58	800–850	800	383.50	383.50
12	850–900	888	356.00	356.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	396	450.00–490.00	472.76
12	400–450	439	499.00	499.00
4	500–550	548	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	525.00	525.00
14	350–400	391	532.50	532.50
17	400–450	428	520.00–545.00	537.94
21	450–500	478	480.00–502.50	498.35
76	550–600	568	432.50–445.00	439.04
21	600–650	612	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	515.00	515.00
11	350–400	371	545.00	545.00
54	400–450	420	517.50–545.00	527.38
20	450–500	488	495.00–515.00	512.13
94	500–550	520	443.00–500.00	455.55
61	550–600	567	410.00–442.50	431.08
61	600–650	621	380.00–420.00	401.36
97	650–700	686	368.00–385.00	372.94
28	750–800	771	325.00–351.00	347.29
23	800–850	823	330.00–341.00	333.88
3	850–900	875	332.50	332.50
3	950–1000	990	307.50	307.50

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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