Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago feeder steers were all too lightly tested to develop a full market trend, unevenly steady undertones were noticed. Heifers 550-699 lbs offered the best comparison this sale most offerings sold steady to 5.00 higher. All other heifer weights were too narrowly compared to develop a full market trend, higher undertones were noticed. Demand was mostly moderate to good for moderate offerings. Market activity was mostly active with a good crowd on hand for todays sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.36/cwt on 239 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −170.22 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$311.36

239 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$51.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.60

vs IA average

+5.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	317.76	1,760	200
Medium and Large 1-2	593	284.80	1,688	26
Large 1	565	266.00	1,503	13thin

One grade step is worth $51.76/cwt here — about $257 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

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 sale239 hd

311.36

—

IA average8 barns · 853 hd

315.96

−4.60

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+5.89

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−170.22

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

59 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	950–1000	970	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,178	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	326.92/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,530	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,903	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	845	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,901	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	277.72/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,886	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,864	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	257.82/cwt	249.75–265.50	2,001	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	317.45/cwt	308.00–324.50	1,844	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	391.62/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,504	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	235.93/cwt	233.00–239.25	2,064	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	349.22/cwt	336.00–365.00	1,659	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,872	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	360.38/cwt	347.50–375.00	1,586	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	237.74/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,714	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	272.07/cwt	268.00–275.50	1,967	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,260	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	304.05/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,563	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	231.82/cwt	225.50–236.00	1,766	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	849	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,825	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	228.92/cwt	227.00–229.75	2,106	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	262.12/cwt	256.00–267.00	1,649	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	276.73/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,583	68
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,424	6
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	547	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,389	6
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	556	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,460	10
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,503	13
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	536	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,394	5
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	694	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,596	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	332.44/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,243	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	282.70/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,642	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	742	231.24/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,716	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	328.69/cwt	315.00–339.00	1,716	59
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	711	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,472	6
Steers	Large 1	600–650	613	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,557	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	253.77/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,469	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	303	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,000	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,462	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,335	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	315.27/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,507	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,704	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	295.82/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,754	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,598	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	269.61/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,442	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,812	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	318.86/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,706	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	502	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,320	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,517	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,732	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	461	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,429	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	274.57/cwt	271.00–277.00	1,304	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,414	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	592	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,539	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	293.55/cwt	287.50–304.00	1,826	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,558	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	284.63/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,731	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	381.39/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,640	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,589	49

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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Receipts 1,883Last week 848Year ago 2,284

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	384	385.00–400.00	391.62
18	400–450	440	347.50–375.00	360.38
20	450–500	475	336.00–365.00	349.22
59	500–550	522	315.00–339.00	328.69
80	550–600	581	308.00–324.50	317.45
65	600–650	622	287.50–304.00	293.55
20	650–700	679	274.00–285.00	277.72
98	700–750	723	268.00–275.50	272.07
57	750–800	776	249.75–265.50	257.82
5	800–850	824	231.00	231.00
164	850–900	875	233.00–239.25	235.93
33	900–950	920	227.00–229.75	228.92
11	950–1000	970	224.50	224.50
10	1000–1050	1,009	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	395.00	395.00
24	400–450	430	380.00–390.00	381.39
31	450–500	468	320.00–330.00	326.92
42	500–550	535	310.00–320.00	318.86
19	550–600	581	280.00–297.00	282.70
49	600–650	608	280.00–286.00	284.63
6	650–700	685	250.00	250.00
17	700–750	742	230.00–237.00	231.24
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	565	266.00	266.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	613	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	487	320.00	320.00
18	550–600	593	290.00–298.00	295.82
13	600–650	646	280.50	280.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	461	310.00	310.00
8	550–600	592	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	800–850	845	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	374	325.00–337.50	332.44
54	450–500	478	310.00–325.00	315.27
15	500–550	514	297.50–310.00	304.05
68	550–600	572	265.00–290.00	276.73
78	600–650	629	256.00–267.00	262.12
14	650–700	690	247.00	247.00
52	700–750	721	235.00–245.00	237.74
125	750–800	762	225.50–236.00	231.82
9	800–850	849	215.00	215.00
6	850–900	855	218.00	218.00
19	900–950	913	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	547	254.00	254.00
6	600–650	606	235.00	235.00
6	700–750	711	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	536	260.00	260.00
10	550–600	556	262.50	262.50
7	650–700	694	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	307.50	307.50
18	500–550	535	265.00–275.00	269.61
14	550–600	579	252.00–256.00	253.77
12	650–700	673	237.50	237.50
7	750–800	791	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	303	330.00	330.00
23	450–500	475	271.00–277.00	274.57
12	500–550	502	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	672	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	422	335.00	335.00
49	500–550	521	305.00	305.00
11	550–600	589	257.50	257.50

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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