Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 600 - 700 lb steer calves sold steady with a weaker undertone, 800 - 900 lb yearling steers were steady to 3.00 higher. Today's heifer trade saw 600 - 700 lb calves 2.00 - 3.00 higher and 800 - 900 lb heifers steady to 4.00 higher. No comparison stated today on light weight new crop calves due to a small offering 2 weeks ago. However, today's offering saw many packages of quality, home raised, double vaccinated new crop calves, mostly off the cow. Load lots were offered today of quality, green reputation yearling cattle coming off grass. Demand was good for today's moderate offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.43/cwt on 196 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −154.15 against this barn's trailing median of $428.59.

Average price

$274.43

196 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$20.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.29

vs IA average

+21.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	275.67	1,498	184
Medium and Large 1-2	556	255.50	1,420	12thin

One grade step is worth $20.17/cwt here — about $78 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

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 sale196 hd

274.43

—

IA average3 barns · 747 hd

272.14

+2.29

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

+21.75

This barn, trailing median19 sales

428.59

−154.15

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

35 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	550–600	572	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,573	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	728	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,842	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,307	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,616	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	2,163	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	251.32/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,988	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	1,517	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,176	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	309.36/cwt	301.00–313.00	1,671	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,543	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	254.78/cwt	250.00–256.00	2,061	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	249.79/cwt	241.50–257.00	2,148	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	229.17/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,806	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,806	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	256.72/cwt	254.00–269.00	1,689	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,875	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,606	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,468	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	261.71/cwt	261.00–262.00	1,646	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	228.98/cwt	225.00–229.50	1,852	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,234	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	250.43/cwt	250.00–250.50	1,761	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	223.80/cwt	223.75–223.85	2,090	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,449	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	256.53/cwt	252.50–264.50	1,619	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	218.67/cwt	207.00–221.75	2,104	74
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,213	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	273.77/cwt	269.00–282.00	1,407	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,432	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	253.66/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,674	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,196	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	299.11/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,262	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,334	3

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 Oct 10, 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 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	550–600	572	275.00	275.00
28	700–750	728	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	497	263.00	263.00
3	500–550	525	254.00	254.00
9	550–600	566	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	392	305.00	305.00
27	400–450	422	299.00–300.00	299.11
10	450–500	482	297.00	297.00
95	500–550	514	269.00–282.00	273.77
48	550–600	577	280.00	280.00
46	600–650	631	252.50–264.50	256.53
188	650–700	660	240.00–258.00	253.66
61	700–750	703	250.00–250.50	250.43
35	800–850	809	225.00–229.50	228.98
3	850–900	882	214.00	214.00
121	900–950	934	223.75–223.85	223.80
74	950–1000	962	207.00–221.75	218.67
58	1000–1050	1,005	215.25	215.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	330.00	330.00
11	400–450	435	337.50	337.50
36	450–500	487	311.50	311.50
142	500–550	540	301.00–313.00	309.36
6	550–600	597	269.00	269.00
35	600–650	629	261.00–262.00	261.71
76	650–700	658	254.00–269.00	256.72
4	700–750	721	260.00	260.00
128	750–800	791	246.00–255.00	251.32
54	800–850	809	250.00–256.00	254.78
125	850–900	860	241.50–257.00	249.79
27	900–950	926	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	532	290.00	290.00
5	650–700	661	252.50	252.50
11	750–800	788	220.00–240.00	229.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	600–650	610	296.00	296.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,034	214.00	214.00

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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