Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Feeder Cattle Auction - - - No comparison stated today given a much smaller offering 2 weeks ago. However, available today were many load lots of quality, green, off grass yearling steers and heifers. Also, several strings of reputation, off the cow, home raised, vaccinated feeder steers and heifers. Supply today was heavy. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.63/cwt on 213 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −181.94 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$299.63

213 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$21.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.18

vs IA average

+31.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	300.03	1,691	209
Medium and Large 1-2	554	279.00	1,546	4thin

One grade step is worth $21.03/cwt here — about $146 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

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 sale213 hd

299.63

—

IA average6 barns · 1,975 hd

294.46

+5.18

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+31.43

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−181.94

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

46 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 1-2	450–500	476	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,369	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,730	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	383	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,273	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	917	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,999	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	246.01/cwt	237.50–250.25	2,145	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,704	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	554	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	232.39/cwt	221.00–233.75	2,294	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	276.33/cwt	260.00–289.00	1,829	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	296.16/cwt	291.00–312.00	1,721	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	310.14/cwt	309.00–311.00	1,631	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	285.84/cwt	283.50–291.50	1,804	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	1,573	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	326.18/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,520	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	341.69/cwt	341.00–343.00	1,527	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	255.07/cwt	245.50–259.25	1,640	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,466	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,539	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,569	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	779	238.81/cwt	238.50–239.00	1,860	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	713	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,729	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	257.99/cwt	247.00–263.00	2,002	381
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	309.28/cwt	308.00–312.00	1,333	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	283.00/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,469	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	249.63/cwt	244.00–250.00	2,064	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	273.62/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,948	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	765	263.42/cwt	253.50–266.25	2,015	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	806	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,088	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	282.72/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,303	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	228.54/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,959	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	236.25/cwt	228.00–238.00	2,133	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,665	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	226.90/cwt	222.50–233.00	1,876	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	253.37/cwt	252.50–253.50	1,682	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	212.93/cwt	206.00–213.75	2,072	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,551	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	688	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,954	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	228.04/cwt	222.25–238.50	1,742	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,064	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	215.14/cwt	214.25–223.00	2,003	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	238.21/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,758	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	271.48/cwt	267.00–276.00	1,550	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,360	23

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 Sep 12, 2024

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

Receipts 3,301Last week 1,029Year ago 2,902

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	476	287.50	287.50
5	650–700	674	262.00	262.00
4	900–950	900	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	332.50	332.50
23	400–450	447	341.00–343.00	341.69
24	450–500	466	320.00–332.00	326.18
64	500–550	526	309.00–311.00	310.14
131	550–600	581	291.00–312.00	296.16
5	600–650	631	270.00	270.00
19	650–700	681	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	900–950	917	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	469	335.50	335.50
14	550–600	574	290.00	290.00
20	600–650	631	283.50–291.50	285.84
75	650–700	662	260.00–289.00	276.33
80	700–750	712	260.00–282.00	273.62
381	750–800	776	247.00–263.00	257.99
79	800–850	827	244.00–250.00	249.63
239	850–900	872	237.50–250.25	246.01
79	900–950	903	228.00–238.00	236.25
55	950–1000	987	221.00–233.75	232.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	554	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	650–700	688	284.00	284.00
89	750–800	765	253.50–266.25	263.42
63	800–850	806	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	394	270.00	270.00
45	450–500	461	282.00–285.00	282.72
83	550–600	571	267.00–276.00	271.48
143	600–650	643	245.50–259.25	255.07
105	650–700	664	252.50–253.50	253.37
114	700–750	738	236.00–243.00	238.21
64	750–800	764	222.25–238.50	228.04
146	800–850	827	222.50–233.00	226.90
33	850–900	857	228.00–229.00	228.54
144	900–950	931	214.25–223.00	215.14
172	950–1000	973	206.00–213.75	212.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	545	269.00	269.00
13	600–650	628	245.00	245.00
8	650–700	682	230.00	230.00
4	850–900	898	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	700–750	713	242.50	242.50
99	750–800	779	238.50–239.00	238.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	431	308.00–312.00	309.28
23	450–500	469	290.00	290.00
82	500–550	519	270.00–293.00	283.00
45	550–600	567	273.50	273.50

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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