Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 400 - 500 lb new crop feeder steers were 12.00 to 16.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb calves were as much as 20.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb calves 9.00 to 12.00 higher and 600 - 700 heifers were 15.00 to 18.00 higher. The bulk of today's feeder calves were all weaned and double vaccinated. Available today were load lots of green, off the grass yearling cattle which were steady to up 5.00. Demand was very good for today's heavy offering home raised feeder calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.13/cwt on 318 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −152.44 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$329.13

318 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$33.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.94

vs IA average

+3.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	331.98	1,866	291
Medium and Large 1-2	562	298.52	1,677	27

One grade step is worth $33.45/cwt here — about $190 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

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 sale318 hd

329.13

—

IA average6 barns · 1,596 hd

324.19

+4.94

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+3.76

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−152.44

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

34 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	500–550	537	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,869	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	592	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,794	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	231.38/cwt	218.00–240.50	2,020	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	225.07/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,713	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	320.03/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,370	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	304.27/cwt	297.00–308.00	1,628	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	377.08/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,557	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	247.74/cwt	240.00–254.00	2,046	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	287.69/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,795	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	288.24/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,969	388
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	261.35/cwt	261.35–261.35	2,394	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	356.36/cwt	341.00–371.00	1,725	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,065	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,411	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	306.32/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,795	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	311.92/cwt	292.00–335.00	1,962	284
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	252.74/cwt	248.00–255.50	1,810	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,504	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	345.53/cwt	325.00–353.00	1,776	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	246.52/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,940	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	328.38/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,888	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,279	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	271.02/cwt	257.00–284.50	1,688	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,380	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	279.15/cwt	269.00–284.00	2,015	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,715	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	325.71/cwt	312.00–331.00	1,580	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,558	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	288.61/cwt	278.00–300.00	1,662	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	257.47/cwt	252.50–267.00	1,692	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	270.75/cwt	257.00–285.25	2,098	212

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 Dec 5, 2024

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

Receipts 3,755Last week 2,382Year ago 3,195

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	500–550	537	348.00	348.00
53	550–600	592	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	428	310.00–330.00	320.03
99	450–500	485	312.00–331.00	325.71
32	500–550	535	297.00–308.00	304.27
63	550–600	576	278.00–300.00	288.61
186	600–650	623	257.00–284.50	271.02
46	650–700	657	252.50–267.00	257.47
111	700–750	716	248.00–255.50	252.74
23	750–800	761	220.00–239.00	225.07
10	850–900	873	218.00–240.50	231.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	280.00	280.00
5	500–550	547	275.00	275.00
19	550–600	577	270.00	270.00
4	600–650	649	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	504	280.00	280.00
19	550–600	586	285.00–312.00	306.32
33	600–650	624	282.50–290.00	287.69
5	650–700	696	267.00	267.00
8	700–750	736	233.00	233.00
19	750–800	787	240.00–255.00	246.52
7	850–900	898	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	413	375.00–382.50	377.08
113	450–500	484	341.00–371.00	356.36
61	500–550	514	325.00–353.00	345.53
230	550–600	575	315.00–345.00	328.38
284	600–650	629	292.00–335.00	311.92
388	650–700	683	275.00–295.00	288.24
106	700–750	722	269.00–284.00	279.15
212	750–800	775	257.00–285.25	270.75
18	800–850	826	240.00–254.00	247.74
19	850–900	875	260.50	260.50
59	900–950	916	261.35	261.35
4	950–1000	959	235.00	235.00

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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