Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous feeder auction was 30 days ago. Today's consignments had load lots available of "green", reputation yearling cattle coming off grass. Demand was very good for today's light supply with internet bidding very active. The next scheduled feeder cattle auction is July 30.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $452.45/cwt on 37 head, down $25.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −29.12 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$452.45

▼ 25.47 vs prior sale

37 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$37.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.73

vs IA average

+13.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	462.62	2,582	27
Medium and Large 1-2	542	425.00	2,304	10thin

One grade step is worth $37.62/cwt here — about $279 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 sale37 hd

452.45

—

IA average2 barns · 156 hd

464.19

−11.73

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

+13.30

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−29.12

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

25 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,536	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,289	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,316	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	440.81/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,142	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	479.79/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,572	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,391	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	360.85/cwt	342.50–364.00	2,468	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	415.26/cwt	401.00–424.00	2,770	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	320.36/cwt	317.00–321.00	2,778	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	424.64/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,701	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,304	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	352.04/cwt	333.00–354.00	3,133	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,616	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	370.13/cwt	355.00–383.00	2,306	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,228	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	390.34/cwt	385.00–395.50	2,849	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,324	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	441.16/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,585	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,711	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	343.75/cwt	339.00–347.50	2,203	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 →

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Thu Jul 16, 2026

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

Receipts 762Last week 746Year ago 897

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	776	317.50	317.50
4	900–950	914	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	403	400.00	400.00
18	450–500	486	425.00–450.00	440.81
3	500–550	503	455.00	455.00
4	550–600	579	400.00	400.00
79	600–650	623	355.00–383.00	370.13
20	650–700	684	342.50–364.00	360.85
27	700–750	718	333.00	333.00
52	750–800	774	338.00	338.00
32	850–900	867	317.00–321.00	320.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	641	339.00–347.50	343.75
4	650–700	670	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	465	570.00	570.00
15	500–550	536	475.00–495.00	479.79
12	550–600	586	435.00–460.00	441.16
51	600–650	636	415.00–455.00	424.64
27	650–700	667	401.00–424.00	415.26
96	700–750	730	385.00–395.50	390.34
3	750–800	755	370.00	370.00
131	850–900	890	333.00–354.00	352.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	493	500.00	500.00
10	500–550	542	425.00	425.00
3	600–650	628	370.00	370.00
8	750–800	795	341.00	341.00

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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