Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-10-24

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Oct 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,314 head
765 vs last sale 2,079 524 vs year ago 790 · +66.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 400 - 500 lb steer calves were 5.00 to 15.00 higher with 700 - 800 lb steer cattle steady to 6.00 higher. Today's heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb calves 5.00 to 11.00 higher. Eight weight yearling heifers were mostly 10.00 higher. Today's offering of quality new crop, home raised, green calves were mostly "off the cow". Available today were load lots of reputation yearling cattle. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $298.43/cwt on 227 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 183.15 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.
Average price
$298.43
227 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$40.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.14
vs IA average
0.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561302.931,699202
Medium and Large 1-2567262.111,48525
One grade step is worth $40.82/cwt here — about $214 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
528497466434median 481.5812/1801/2202/2605/0707/16
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 sale227 hd
298.43
IA average4 barns · 461 hd
287.29
+11.14
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−0.61
This barn, trailing median19 sales
481.58
−183.15
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

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,027202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,0755
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900857230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9713
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400361345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,24510
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650618232.39/cwt222.00–242.001,43619
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530279.59/cwt260.00–284.001,482110
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600571257.66/cwt250.00–270.001,47134
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650628280.38/cwt273.00–285.501,76128
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450442338.80/cwt336.00–360.001,49738
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950946230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,17611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550543280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5206
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574256.46/cwt255.00–259.001,47219
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474321.40/cwt317.50–327.001,52352
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665269.47/cwt260.00–273.001,792101
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573293.07/cwt270.00–312.501,679110
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850844246.84/cwt244.00–248.002,08317
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750726245.21/cwt245.00–246.001,78019
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350332369.77/cwt365.00–372.501,22821
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400369373.92/cwt370.00–387.001,38025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500458247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1314
SteersLarge 11200–12501,237170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,1033
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500465345.92/cwt341.00–357.501,60941
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900887250.00/cwt242.00–252.602,21891
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550546314.71/cwt300.00–321.001,71892
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800769258.76/cwt255.50–265.001,99097
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435317.17/cwt312.00–347.501,38038
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850806239.23/cwt237.00–240.501,92847
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800792238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,88514
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500469308.09/cwt307.00–310.001,44519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850807227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,8323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450436280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2214

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.