Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - - - Compared to the auction last week, 400 -500 lb light weight steer calves were 5.00 to 9.00 higher, 600 lb cattle were 9.00 to 10.00 higher and 700 - 800 lb steers were 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 -600 lb calves steady with a higher undertone, 700-800 heifers 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Available today were many home raised, green, long time weaned, double vaccinated feeder calves. Demand was good for today's moderate offering, Trade was active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $278.30/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −150.28 against this barn's trailing median of $428.59.

Average price

$278.30

87 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$13.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

+2.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	278.78	1,563	84
Medium and Large 1-2	512	265.00	1,357	3thin

One grade step is worth $13.78/cwt here — about $206 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $451.61, low $376.15, median $428.59 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 sale87 hd

278.30

—

IA average1 barns · 87 hd

278.30

+0.00

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

+2.13

This barn, trailing median19 sales

428.59

−150.28

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 1Fancy	600–650	607	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,669	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	753	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,751	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	693	255.80/cwt	255.50–256.00	1,773	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	337.30/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,245	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	347.93/cwt	342.50–362.50	1,500	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,953	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	337.29/cwt	288.00–348.00	1,889	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	249.73/cwt	239.00–265.00	1,696	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	220.55/cwt	218.00–225.50	1,802	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	1,839	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	330.79/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,393	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	291.60/cwt	290.00–303.00	1,548	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	333.25/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,593	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	270.89/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,568	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	279.53/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,999	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,214	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	353.97/cwt	353.00–355.00	1,674	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,313	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,912	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,779	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	291.70/cwt	289.50–292.75	2,013	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	332.31/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,765	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	317.33/cwt	306.00–325.50	1,971	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	245.91/cwt	228.00–247.75	2,139	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,792	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	248.96/cwt	247.00–250.75	2,046	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	270.01/cwt	259.00–273.00	1,669	81
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,590	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,658	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,758	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,578	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,357	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,890	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	283.08/cwt	269.00–315.00	1,364	22

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 Mar 14, 2024

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	607	275.00	275.00
49	650–700	693	255.50–256.00	255.80
15	750–800	753	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	325.00–350.00	337.30
22	400–450	421	325.00–335.00	330.79
41	450–500	478	327.50–340.00	333.25
32	500–550	531	290.00–303.00	291.60
52	550–600	579	260.00–283.00	270.89
81	600–650	618	259.00–273.00	270.01
89	650–700	679	239.00–265.00	249.73
77	700–750	700	262.75	262.75
19	750–800	772	230.50	230.50
91	800–850	817	218.00–225.50	220.55
10	850–900	881	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	270.00	270.00
22	450–500	482	269.00–315.00	283.08
3	500–550	512	265.00	265.00
19	600–650	619	255.00	255.00
13	750–800	790	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	375.00	375.00
26	400–450	431	342.50–362.50	347.93
15	450–500	473	353.00–355.00	353.97
13	500–550	531	320.00–340.00	332.31
83	550–600	560	288.00–348.00	337.29
43	600–650	621	306.00–325.50	317.33
56	650–700	690	289.50–292.75	291.70
78	700–750	715	275.00–280.00	279.53
8	750–800	769	254.00	254.00
60	800–850	822	247.00–250.75	248.96
45	850–900	870	228.00–247.75	245.91
62	900–950	938	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	543	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	539	300.00	300.00
6	700–750	741	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	578	275.00	275.00
15	650–700	691	240.00	240.00

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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