Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 3.00 to 5.00 lower however, 800 lb yearling cattle were 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifer trade saw the 500 - 600 lb calves 4.00 - 10.00 higher with the 700 - 800 lb yearlings 6.00 - 8.00 higher. Available today were load lots of quality, green, home raised, yearling cattle coming off grass. Demand for today's moderate supply was good. A good mix of weight groups were offered today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.22/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −155.37 against this barn's trailing median of $428.59.

Average price

$273.22

124 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

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

$18.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.38

vs IA average

+33.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	277.30	1,498	97
Medium and Large 1-2	583	258.55	1,507	27

One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale124 hd

273.22

—

IA average3 barns · 243 hd

272.84

+0.38

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

+33.13

This barn, trailing median19 sales

428.59

−155.37

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

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	646	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,589	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,408	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	219.52/cwt	217.75–221.35	2,068	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	215.98/cwt	211.00–216.25	2,069	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,204	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	278.03/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,540	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	241.00/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,706	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,190	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	308.03/cwt	301.00–311.50	1,679	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,559	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,086	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	229.19/cwt	215.00–237.00	2,019	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,818	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,788	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	597	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,704	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	275.38/cwt	273.00–277.00	1,440	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	683	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,656	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,732	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	319.27/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,405	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	304.21/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,451	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	456	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,341	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	276.57/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,543	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,826	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,031	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	253.30/cwt	246.50–257.00	2,118	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,518	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	223.45/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,937	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	232.81/cwt	232.00–234.00	1,918	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	253.70/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,842	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	249.11/cwt	243.00–252.00	1,886	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	288.21/cwt	282.00–289.50	1,790	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	213.51/cwt	207.50–214.75	2,152	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	266.16/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,666	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	282.49/cwt	281.00–284.00	1,226	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	258.55/cwt	256.00–259.00	1,507	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	433	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	963	4

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 26, 2024

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

Receipts 1,382Last week 3,301Year ago 1,964

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	646	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	503	280.00	280.00
18	550–600	554	273.00–280.00	278.03
55	600–650	626	260.00–268.00	266.16
3	650–700	698	230.00	230.00
37	750–800	777	235.00	235.00
41	800–850	824	232.00–234.00	232.81
18	850–900	867	220.00–226.00	223.45
117	900–950	942	217.75–221.35	219.52
61	950–1000	958	211.00–216.25	215.98
69	1000–1050	1,008	207.50–214.75	213.51
3	1050–1100	1,070	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	434	281.00–284.00	282.49
19	450–500	456	294.00	294.00
17	500–550	523	273.00–277.00	275.38
43	550–600	558	272.00–278.00	276.57
3	650–700	683	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	583	256.00–259.00	258.55
7	600–650	609	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	529	287.00	287.00
7	600–650	632	274.00	274.00
10	700–750	708	240.00–242.50	241.00
4	800–850	829	245.00	245.00
11	850–900	881	215.00–237.00	229.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	511	305.00	305.00
10	550–600	581	285.00	285.00
36	600–650	621	282.00–289.50	288.21
14	700–750	726	252.00–255.00	253.70
19	750–800	757	243.00–252.00	249.11
102	800–850	836	246.50–257.00	253.30
51	850–900	869	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	440	317.50–320.00	319.27
26	450–500	477	300.00–308.00	304.21
62	500–550	545	301.00–311.50	308.03
18	550–600	597	285.50	285.50
14	600–650	643	278.00	278.00
26	650–700	660	275.50	275.50

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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