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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-22

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Oct 22

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Oct 8Oct 22latest

Receipts

957 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 988▼ 634 vs year ago 1,591 · −39.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago 500 -600 lb steer calves were 7.00 to 11.00 higher with no trend stated on yearling steers. Heifer calves were 7.00 to 20.00 higher with yearling heifers 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Today's consignments saw many lots of home-raised, double vaccinated, green calves both LTW'd and just off the cow. Demand was very good for today's smaller supply. Very active internet bidding today. The next scheduled feeder calf auction is 10 - 29 - 26

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $388.15/cwt on 103 head, up $23.40 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −42.04 against this barn's trailing median of $430.20.

Average price

$388.15

▲ 23.40 vs prior sale

103 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,133

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$58.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

+11.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	392.10	2,149	96
Medium and Large 1-2	571	334.00	1,907	7thin

One grade step is worth $58.10/cwt here — about $241 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale103 hd

388.15

—

IA average1 barns · 103 hd

388.15

+0.00

National average186 barns · 22,034 hd

377.02

+11.13

This barn, trailing median14 sales

430.20

−42.04

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $451.61, low $364.75, median $430.20 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

38 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,070	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	457	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,285	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,486	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,470	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,452	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	519	435.54/cwt	405.00–453.00	2,260	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,468	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	414.33/cwt	403.00–424.00	2,594	80
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	404.55/cwt	402.00–405.00	2,549	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,540	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	679	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,512	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,588	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	710	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,464	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,497	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,478	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	2,829	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	331.81/cwt	326.00–334.00	2,887	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,959	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,583	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	429.21/cwt	427.50–437.50	1,884	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,945	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	495	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,079	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	411.79/cwt	403.00–425.00	2,141	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	559	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,068	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,907	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	375.70/cwt	372.50–377.00	2,179	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	352.58/cwt	344.00–358.00	2,161	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,009	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	641	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,096	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	342.76/cwt	333.00–344.00	2,279	74
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,448	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	325.56/cwt	322.50–332.00	2,543	76
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	907	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,648	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	305.47/cwt	305.25–309.00	2,816	66
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	299.25/cwt	299.25–299.25	2,948	60
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,056	291.75/cwt	291.75–291.75	3,081	56
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,962	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,433	5

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 Oct 22, 2026

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

Receipts 957Last week 988Year ago 1,591

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	571	334.00	334.00
3	600–650	618	325.00	325.00
3	900–950	907	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	420.00	420.00
15	550–600	559	370.00	370.00
8	600–650	641	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	455.00	455.00
29	400–450	439	427.50–437.50	429.21
6	450–500	462	421.00	421.00
46	500–550	520	403.00–425.00	411.79
35	550–600	580	372.50–377.00	375.70
13	600–650	613	344.00–358.00	352.58
74	650–700	665	333.00–344.00	342.76
23	700–750	735	333.00	333.00
76	750–800	781	322.50–332.00	325.56
66	900–950	922	305.25–309.00	305.47
60	950–1000	985	299.25	299.25
56	1050–1100	1,056	291.75	291.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	457	500.00	500.00
37	500–550	513	478.00	478.00
80	600–650	626	403.00–424.00	414.33
15	650–700	679	370.00	370.00
5	700–750	710	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	728	343.00	343.00
3	750–800	772	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	519	405.00–453.00	435.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	402	515.00	515.00
8	450–500	478	520.00	520.00
10	500–550	500	494.00	494.00
25	550–600	589	419.00	419.00
20	600–650	630	402.00–405.00	404.55
35	650–700	672	378.00	378.00
13	700–750	707	366.00	366.00
17	750–800	789	358.50	358.50
11	850–900	870	326.00–334.00	331.81
15	900–950	909	325.50	325.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	665	295.00	295.00
5	850–900	872	279.00	279.00

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.