Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison made today as there is no recent reported sale. In today's moderate offering, many quality green, long - time weaned, vaccinated feeder cattle were available. Trade was active. Demand was very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.48/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −133.10 against this barn's trailing median of $428.59.

Average price

$295.48

42 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.99

vs IA average

+37.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	295.48	1,576	42

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale42 hd

295.48

—

IA average2 barns · 145 hd

283.50

+11.99

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

+37.68

This barn, trailing median19 sales

428.59

−133.10

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

24 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 1	600–650	630	295.56/cwt	282.00–306.00	1,862	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	313.30/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,485	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	276.63/cwt	264.00–280.00	2,113	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	227.52/cwt	226.00–229.00	2,223	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	283.81/cwt	273.00–286.50	2,049	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	319.04/cwt	311.00–334.00	1,892	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	347.45/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,616	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	248.71/cwt	241.00–252.00	1,898	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	274.11/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,897	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	327.38/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,280	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	328.92/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,368	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	276.01/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,634	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,107	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	344.99/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,811	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	265.75/cwt	265.75–265.75	2,357	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	301.57/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,553	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,956	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	250.53/cwt	237.00–253.00	1,796	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,721	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,780	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,071	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,763	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 Jul 18, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	391	320.00–335.00	327.38
8	400–450	416	327.00–330.00	328.92
17	450–500	474	305.00–317.00	313.30
32	500–550	515	300.00–305.00	301.57
10	550–600	592	270.00–282.00	276.01
187	600–650	630	282.00–306.00	295.56
77	650–700	692	257.00–275.00	274.11
39	700–750	717	237.00–253.00	250.53
44	750–800	763	241.00–252.00	248.71
11	900–950	924	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	634	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	465	345.00–350.00	347.45
21	500–550	525	335.00–350.00	344.99
29	550–600	593	311.00–334.00	319.04
9	600–650	617	317.00	317.00
7	650–700	676	278.00	278.00
25	700–750	722	273.00–286.50	283.81
70	750–800	764	264.00–280.00	276.63
65	850–900	887	265.75	265.75
6	950–1000	977	226.00–229.00	227.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	579	307.50	307.50
10	850–900	872	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	604	285.00	285.00
4	750–800	773	230.00	230.00

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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