Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago, 400 -500 lb steers calves were 5.00 to 11.00 higher, 600 -700 lb 12.00 to 16.00 higher with no test on heavier yearling cattle. Heifer trade saw 450 -550 lb calves steady to 12.00 higher with 600 - 700 lb calves as much as 12.00 higher. Today's offering consisted of one very large consignment of reputation light weight calves all selling in load lots. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. The next scheduled feeder auction is June 18.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $513.77/cwt on 193 head, up $13.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 19 comparable sales and sits +32.19 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$513.77

▲ 13.32 vs prior sale

193 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$425

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

$50.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.72

vs IA average

+54.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	515.88	2,801	185
Medium and Large 1-2	511	465.00	2,376	8thin

One grade step is worth $50.88/cwt here — about $425 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 sale193 hd

513.77

—

IA average4 barns · 527 hd

496.05

+17.72

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+54.58

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

+32.19

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

36 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 1-2	500–550	532	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,314	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,182	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	467.46/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,230	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,376	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	445.94/cwt	440.00–452.50	2,765	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	412.97/cwt	411.00–417.50	2,858	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	378.74/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,348	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	358.21/cwt	344.00–366.00	2,927	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	686	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,435	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,377	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,072	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	551	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,562	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	717	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,635	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	528.61/cwt	512.00–533.00	2,839	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	524.34/cwt	509.00–526.00	2,454	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	471.95/cwt	455.00–477.00	2,912	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	435.65/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,888	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,835	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	343.80/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,520	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	367.83/cwt	360.00–374.00	2,512	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	488.07/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,753	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,865	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	597.00/cwt	597.00–597.00	2,298	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	537.88/cwt	527.50–545.00	2,329	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	463.29/cwt	443.00–467.50	2,437	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,323	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	440.21/cwt	440.00–441.00	2,558	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	412.83/cwt	395.00–433.00	2,560	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	2,309	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,020	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	340.92/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,611	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,863	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,436	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,269	9

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	465.00	465.00
8	450–500	477	450.00–485.00	467.46
5	500–550	532	435.00	435.00
4	550–600	561	389.00	389.00
20	600–650	620	355.00–385.00	378.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	425	487.50	487.50
11	550–600	556	427.50	427.50
14	650–700	686	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	370	546.00	546.00
100	450–500	452	514.00	514.00
146	500–550	526	443.00–467.50	463.29
97	550–600	581	440.00–441.00	440.21
44	600–650	620	395.00–433.00	412.83
29	650–700	683	360.00–374.00	367.83
34	700–750	733	335.00–350.00	343.80
16	750–800	766	340.00–343.00	340.92
8	850–900	889	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	511	465.00	465.00
20	600–650	620	440.00–452.50	445.94
13	650–700	692	411.00–417.50	412.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	385	597.00	597.00
10	400–450	433	527.50–545.00	537.88
120	450–500	468	509.00–526.00	524.34
136	500–550	537	512.00–533.00	528.61
33	550–600	564	475.00–495.00	488.07
113	600–650	617	455.00–477.00	471.95
63	650–700	663	420.00–445.00	435.65
44	700–750	707	401.00	401.00
29	750–800	760	377.00	377.00
34	800–850	817	344.00–366.00	358.21
4	850–900	888	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	426	542.00	542.00
16	550–600	551	465.00	465.00
10	700–750	717	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	456	497.50	497.50
9	550–600	580	420.00	420.00

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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