Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - - - Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were steady to 3.00 higher, 700 -800 lb cattle were fully steady. Heifer trade saw light weight 400 - 500 lb calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower and 700 weight heifer cattle fully steady. Many small packages of home raised, long time weaned feeder calves were available in today's light offering. Demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.88/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −153.71 against this barn's trailing median of $428.59.

Average price

$274.88

79 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$15.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.46

vs IA average

+8.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	275.46	1,519	76
Medium and Large 1-2	562	260.00	1,461	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.46/cwt here — about $57 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

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 sale79 hd

274.88

—

IA average3 barns · 226 hd

286.33

−11.46

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

+8.01

This barn, trailing median19 sales

428.59

−153.71

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

34 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	800–850	831	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,745	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,509	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	626	267.25/cwt	267.25–267.25	1,673	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	703	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,028	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	817	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,034	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	588	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,896	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,310	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	352.99/cwt	345.00–361.00	1,557	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	305.75/cwt	305.75–305.75	1,948	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	274.66/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,428	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,947	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	325.35/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,223	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	269.38/cwt	261.00–286.00	1,333	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,112	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	291.11/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,927	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,035	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,234	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,660	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	267.58/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,565	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	260.68/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,619	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	335.03/cwt	329.00–338.00	1,782	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	312.42/cwt	296.00–316.50	1,781	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,578	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,403	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,063	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	262.35/cwt	254.00–266.00	2,028	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,250	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	248.57/cwt	236.00–250.75	1,705	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,492	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,624	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 Mar 28, 2024

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

Receipts 848Last week 1,336Year ago 2,623

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	515	293.00	293.00
22	600–650	626	267.25	267.25
8	800–850	831	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	376	315.00–335.00	325.35
16	400–450	416	315.00	315.00
9	450–500	495	261.00–286.00	269.38
20	500–550	520	265.00–287.00	274.66
38	550–600	585	261.00–282.00	267.58
42	600–650	621	258.00–262.00	260.68
200	650–700	686	236.00–250.75	248.57
27	750–800	772	215.00	215.00
3	800–850	810	211.00	211.00
3	950–1000	968	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	562	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	588	322.50	322.50
36	700–750	703	288.50	288.50
36	800–850	817	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	350	352.50	352.50
18	400–450	441	345.00–361.00	352.99
21	500–550	532	329.00–338.00	335.03
21	550–600	570	296.00–316.50	312.42
11	600–650	637	305.75	305.75
40	650–700	662	280.00–300.00	291.11
4	700–750	749	260.00	260.00
13	750–800	773	254.00–266.00	262.35
9	800–850	834	244.00	244.00
11	850–900	878	235.00	235.00
13	950–1000	996	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	332.50	332.50
5	500–550	533	280.00	280.00
5	550–600	566	287.00	287.00
10	600–650	613	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	421	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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