Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction last week 500 - 600 lb new crop steer calves were 5.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb new crop calves 7.00 to 15.00 higher. Available in today's moderate offering were many quality, home raised, preconditioned, " weaned" feeder claves with very few "off the cow". Load lots were available on 800 weight yearling cattle with no comparison stated given last week's low numbers. Demand was very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.50/cwt on 246 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −163.08 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$318.50

246 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$32.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.82

vs IA average

+9.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	320.59	1,768	230
Medium and Large 1-2	538	288.39	1,553	16thin

One grade step is worth $32.20/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale246 hd

318.50

—

IA average9 barns · 1,898 hd

305.68

+12.82

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+9.24

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−163.08

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,362	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,009	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	235.01/cwt	228.00–247.00	1,556	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,894	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	232.45/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,690	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	316.65/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,476	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	290.43/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,502	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	233.51/cwt	222.00–235.00	2,237	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,080	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	244.86/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,780	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,925	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	255.26/cwt	248.00–257.50	2,185	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	311.96/cwt	288.50–319.00	1,778	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	329.08/cwt	321.00–335.00	1,754	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	268.12/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,815	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,885	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,636	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	929	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,053	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	569	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,679	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	264.74/cwt	253.00–274.00	1,896	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	285.36/cwt	271.50–292.50	1,803	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	347.97/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,517	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	339.92/cwt	333.00–348.00	1,635	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	268.14/cwt	262.00–285.00	1,569	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	291.45/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,518	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	255.17/cwt	243.00–266.00	1,580	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,474	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,386	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	247.36/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,447	33

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 Nov 21, 2024

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

Receipts 2,382Last week 1,341Year ago 2,402

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	322.00	322.00
83	450–500	466	300.00–325.00	316.65
106	500–550	521	280.00–310.00	291.45
87	550–600	585	262.00–285.00	268.14
122	600–650	619	243.00–266.00	255.17
18	650–700	662	228.00–247.00	235.01
58	700–750	727	231.00–237.00	232.45
21	800–850	820	231.00	231.00
14	850–900	883	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	569	295.00	295.00
14	900–950	929	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	483	287.00	287.00
5	500–550	536	275.00	275.00
33	550–600	585	247.00–250.00	247.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	517	280.00–305.00	290.43
6	550–600	574	285.00	285.00
4	650–700	661	244.00	244.00
13	700–750	727	240.00–249.00	244.86
4	850–900	875	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	436	330.00–355.00	347.97
27	450–500	481	333.00–348.00	339.92
116	500–550	533	321.00–335.00	329.08
114	550–600	570	288.50–319.00	311.96
229	600–650	632	271.50–292.50	285.36
125	650–700	677	260.00–283.00	268.12
149	700–750	716	253.00–274.00	264.74
5	750–800	763	247.00	247.00
64	800–850	822	253.00	253.00
80	850–900	856	248.00–257.50	255.26
27	950–1000	958	222.00–235.00	233.51

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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