Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 500 -600 lb steer calves trended 2.00 to 6.00 lower and 700 - 800 lb yearlings were 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifer trade for 500 - 600 lb calves was 6.00 - 10.00 higher and 700 - 800 lb cattle were steady to 4.00 lower. Load lots available today for quality yearling cattle. 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 $289.68/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −138.91 against this barn's trailing median of $428.59.

Average price

$289.68

90 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$32.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.86

vs IA average

+16.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	292.57	1,592	82
Medium and Large 1-2	560	260.00	1,456	8thin

One grade step is worth $32.57/cwt here — about $136 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 sale90 hd

289.68

—

IA average6 barns · 580 hd

287.81

+1.86

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

+16.65

This barn, trailing median19 sales

428.59

−138.91

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

22 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	632	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,732	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	363.14/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,169	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,318	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,428	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	320.08/cwt	302.00–328.00	1,492	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	308.61/cwt	294.00–320.00	1,580	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	339.30/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,408	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	280.02/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,593	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	302.15/cwt	297.00–306.00	1,901	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	335.68/cwt	322.50–345.50	1,819	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	254.59/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,744	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	278.52/cwt	261.00–287.00	1,897	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	274.11/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,968	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,805	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	250.85/cwt	230.00–253.50	1,826	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	238.28/cwt	237.50–242.00	1,875	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	279.00/cwt	277.00–282.00	1,671	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	260.67/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,611	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	385.76/cwt	376.00–390.00	1,474	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,716	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	331.83/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,868	26

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 Jun 6, 2024

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

Receipts 1,031Last week 2,463Year ago 2,138

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	632	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	322	360.00–365.00	363.14
17	350–400	382	345.00	345.00
17	400–450	408	350.00	350.00
29	450–500	466	302.00–328.00	320.08
36	500–550	512	294.00–320.00	308.61
46	550–600	569	270.00–290.00	280.02
62	600–650	618	251.00–270.00	260.67
99	650–700	685	230.00–256.00	254.59
109	700–750	728	230.00–253.50	250.85
39	750–800	787	237.50–242.00	238.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	382	376.00–390.00	385.76
7	400–450	415	335.00–345.00	339.30
24	450–500	474	362.00	362.00
53	500–550	542	322.50–345.50	335.68
26	550–600	563	330.00–335.00	331.83
30	600–650	629	297.00–306.00	302.15
94	650–700	681	261.00–287.00	278.52
85	700–750	718	250.00–277.00	274.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	599	277.00–282.00	279.00
5	700–750	725	249.00	249.00

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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