Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

ANNUAL CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BBQ SALE. No comparison stated today as the last reported feeder auction was in mid August. Available today were many load lots of home raised, reputation yearling steers and heifers coming off grass along with a selection of new crop feeder calves. Demand was very good to today's moderate supply along with active internet bidding.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $416.28/cwt on 82 head, down $36.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −65.65 against this barn's trailing median of $481.93.

Average price

$416.28

▼ 36.18 vs prior sale

82 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

+25.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	416.28	2,313	82

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $402.05, median $481.93 across 16 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 sale82 hd

416.28

—

IA average1 barns · 82 hd

416.28

+0.00

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

+25.69

This barn, trailing median16 sales

481.93

−65.65

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

31 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	850–900	871	332.52/cwt	328.50–337.25	2,896	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	412.54/cwt	401.00–420.00	2,331	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	341	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,483	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,495	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	347.90/cwt	338.75–359.75	2,707	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	354.63/cwt	345.00–366.00	2,067	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	496.51/cwt	487.50–512.50	2,110	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	387.73/cwt	368.00–397.00	2,206	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,967	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,460	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	379	529.85/cwt	511.00–542.50	2,008	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	441.98/cwt	430.50–445.00	2,197	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	319.09/cwt	316.50–319.50	2,495	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	440.89/cwt	434.00–455.00	1,883	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	324.75/cwt	324.75–324.75	3,095	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,410	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	378.06/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,507	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	343.66/cwt	342.00–354.00	2,526	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	471.19/cwt	452.50–482.50	2,191	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,709	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,786	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	434.43/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,216	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	371.07/cwt	361.00–378.25	2,353	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	325.39/cwt	319.00–326.00	2,658	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	334.55/cwt	330.50–338.50	2,389	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	353.88/cwt	347.00–356.00	2,148	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	389.41/cwt	380.00–397.00	2,052	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	422.55/cwt	410.00–431.00	1,956	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,921	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,418	3

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 Sep 10, 2026

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

Receipts 1,450Last week 494Year ago 2,562

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	522.50	522.50
36	400–450	425	487.50–512.50	496.51
43	450–500	465	452.50–482.50	471.19
14	500–550	510	415.00–440.00	434.43
68	550–600	565	401.00–420.00	412.54
19	600–650	634	361.00–378.25	371.07
42	650–700	663	370.00–382.50	378.06
22	700–750	735	342.00–354.00	343.66
255	750–800	778	338.75–359.75	347.90
10	800–850	838	332.50	332.50
143	850–900	871	328.50–337.25	332.52
54	950–1000	953	324.75	324.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	450–500	497	430.50–445.00	441.98
5	650–700	695	354.00	354.00
5	750–800	792	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	379	511.00–542.50	529.85
45	600–650	626	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	341	435.00	435.00
16	400–450	430	457.50	457.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	583	345.00–366.00	354.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	450.00	450.00
68	400–450	427	434.00–455.00	440.89
17	450–500	463	410.00–431.00	422.55
25	500–550	527	380.00–397.00	389.41
64	550–600	569	368.00–397.00	387.73
26	600–650	607	347.00–356.00	353.88
100	700–750	714	330.50–338.50	334.55
82	750–800	782	316.50–319.50	319.09
47	800–850	817	319.00–326.00	325.39
3	850–900	885	285.00	285.00
6	950–1000	992	294.50	294.50

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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