Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-10-31

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Oct 31
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,775 head
461 vs last sale 1,314 100 vs year ago 1,675 · +6.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the cattle auction last week, 400 - 500 lb steer calves were 6.00 to 9.00 lower with 700 - 800 lb yearling steers steady to 8.00 lower. Today's heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb new crop calves 4.00 to 10.00 lower with 800 lb yearling heifers 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Available today were load lots of quality yearling feeder cattle off grass. Today's offering of new crop, home raised, green, double vaccinated calves were equally "off the cow" and weaned 45 days. Demand was good for today's moderate offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $289.53/cwt on 316 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 192.04 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.
Average price
$289.53
316 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.09
vs IA average
11.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568291.571,656288
Medium and Large 1-2574268.551,54028
One grade step is worth $23.02/cwt here — about $116 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 sale316 hd
289.53
IA average5 barns · 1,318 hd
293.63
−4.09
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
−11.16
This barn, trailing median19 sales
481.58
−192.04
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

31 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450436301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,31211
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000971222.25/cwt222.25–222.252,15857
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600577261.34/cwt249.00–275.001,50866
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850805218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7558
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750702235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,65044
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523256.96/cwt255.00–259.001,3446
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433331.94/cwt319.00–355.001,43714
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577285.43/cwt279.00–292.001,64740
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630250.68/cwt240.00–260.001,57915
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800753245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,84537
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,008218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,19721
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850806250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,01539
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500493315.30/cwt292.00–325.001,55444
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750709239.39/cwt230.00–247.001,69745
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550542289.49/cwt285.00–292.001,56911
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550528306.61/cwt295.00–315.001,61977
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400390355.73/cwt340.00–365.001,38711
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900875247.20/cwt233.50–249.752,16379
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650636278.59/cwt276.50–283.501,772109
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526275.17/cwt272.00–282.001,44752
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600594255.00/cwt246.00–260.001,51517
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850832232.89/cwt222.00–242.251,938119
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700659270.38/cwt263.50–274.001,78296
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600584286.24/cwt278.00–310.001,672171
SteersLarge 11000–10501,048213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,2323
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950911223.94/cwt214.00–225.502,040138
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700686256.10/cwt250.00–272.501,75751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600592225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,33214
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477286.75/cwt280.00–302.501,36862
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700675226.50/cwt223.00–230.001,52925
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650617241.11/cwt229.00–253.001,48867

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.