Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

"SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE ". Compared to the previously recorded auction on Oct. 31, 500 - 600 lb. new crop steer calves were 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifer calf trade was fully steady. Very light offering of yearling cattle today so no trend stated. Today's moderate supply saw many quality, reputation, double vaccinated new crop calves with many right "off the cow". 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 $312.65/cwt on 259 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −168.92 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$312.65

259 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$30.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.17

vs IA average

+7.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	314.80	1,750	241
Medium and Large 1-2	577	283.89	1,638	18thin

One grade step is worth $30.91/cwt here — about $112 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 sale259 hd

312.65

—

IA average5 barns · 912 hd

309.49

+3.17

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+7.21

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−168.92

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

37 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 1Natural	550–600	575	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,409	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	660	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,452	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	442	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,238	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	537	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,557	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	260.68/cwt	252.00–279.00	1,499	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	266.01/cwt	239.00–295.00	1,407	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	283.15/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,390	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	302.80/cwt	290.00–328.00	1,756	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	369.07/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,343	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,190	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	336.17/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,570	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	283.26/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,748	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,753	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	262.18/cwt	251.00–277.50	1,767	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	283.89/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,638	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	319.31/cwt	313.00–328.00	1,692	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	259.95/cwt	244.00–267.00	1,851	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	761	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,826	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	292.41/cwt	290.00–295.00	968	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	420	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,499	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	669	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,823	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	622	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,847	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	512	341.19/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,747	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	255.57/cwt	235.00–270.00	1,117	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	352.34/cwt	340.00–368.00	1,459	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	245.46/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,424	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	232.03/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,694	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,254	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	228.12/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,558	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	310.07/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,163	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	565	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,785	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	240.10/cwt	235.00–246.50	1,498	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	473	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,447	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	291.57/cwt	284.00–305.00	1,420	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	308.33/cwt	292.00–312.00	1,354	31

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	280.00	280.00
12	550–600	575	245.00	245.00
4	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	473	306.00	306.00
8	500–550	537	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	331	290.00–295.00	292.41
12	350–400	375	300.00–315.00	310.07
31	400–450	439	292.00–312.00	308.33
23	450–500	487	284.00–305.00	291.57
74	500–550	529	239.00–295.00	266.01
95	550–600	575	252.00–279.00	260.68
56	600–650	624	235.00–246.50	240.10
9	650–700	683	222.00–233.00	228.12
8	700–750	730	225.00–236.00	232.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	437	235.00–270.00	255.57
4	500–550	543	231.00	231.00
25	550–600	580	244.00–252.00	245.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	491	275.00–300.00	283.15
18	550–600	577	280.00–285.00	283.89
7	600–650	606	267.50	267.50
10	700–750	746	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	390.00	390.00
9	350–400	364	340.00–385.00	369.07
11	400–450	414	340.00–368.00	352.34
13	450–500	467	330.00–340.00	336.17
37	500–550	530	313.00–328.00	319.31
138	550–600	580	290.00–328.00	302.80
119	600–650	617	275.00–298.00	283.26
86	650–700	674	251.00–277.50	262.18
57	700–750	712	244.00–267.00	259.95
3	750–800	775	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	761	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	420	357.00	357.00
56	500–550	512	335.00–345.00	341.19
10	550–600	565	316.00	316.00
40	600–650	622	297.00	297.00
25	650–700	669	272.50	272.50

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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