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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder cattle auction one week ago, 400 - 500 lb new crop spring steer calves were fully steady to 5.00 higher with 500 - 600 lb calves 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 600 - 700 lb calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher. No comparison stated today on yearling cattle trade considering the smaller offering. Today's offering of green new crop calves were mostly "weaned", double vaccinated and home raised. 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 $335.55/cwt on 354 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −146.03 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$335.55

354 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$19.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.10

vs IA average

+11.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	336.97	1,906	328
Medium and Large 1-2	534	317.55	1,694	26

One grade step is worth $19.43/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale354 hd

335.55

—

IA average8 barns · 1,945 hd

326.45

+9.10

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+11.20

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−146.03

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

35 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 1Fleshy	650–700	661	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,676	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	314.57/cwt	296.00–330.00	1,488	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	247.96/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,788	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	289.79/cwt	269.50–310.00	1,652	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	234.09/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,910	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	291.82/cwt	272.00–300.00	1,952	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	346.44/cwt	339.00–359.00	1,791	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	252.90/cwt	220.00–269.00	1,753	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	318.09/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,603	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	261.87/cwt	255.00–267.75	2,153	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	249.55/cwt	243.00–261.00	2,204	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,785	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,793	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	298.87/cwt	284.00–322.50	1,880	213
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,205	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	333.97/cwt	318.00–348.50	1,940	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,318	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	378.82/cwt	375.00–389.00	1,568	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	354.22/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,679	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	277.79/cwt	251.00–286.25	1,995	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	275.31/cwt	265.00–278.00	1,696	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	641	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,763	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,234	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	734	282.03/cwt	278.50–286.25	2,070	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	759	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,148	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	272.90/cwt	251.00–287.00	1,692	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,022	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	313.07/cwt	298.00–326.00	1,644	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	314.93/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,345	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	266.06/cwt	264.00–267.00	1,519	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	255.96/cwt	248.00–263.00	1,705	67

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 12, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	661	253.50	253.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	427	310.00–320.00	314.93
66	450–500	473	296.00–330.00	314.57
211	500–550	525	298.00–326.00	313.07
143	550–600	570	269.50–310.00	289.79
173	600–650	620	251.00–287.00	272.90
67	650–700	666	248.00–263.00	255.96
27	700–750	721	240.00–252.00	247.96
6	750–800	764	233.00	233.00
13	800–850	816	233.00–235.00	234.09
3	900–950	925	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
37	600–650	641	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	285.00	285.00
4	500–550	505	285.00	285.00
10	550–600	571	264.00–267.00	266.06
5	650–700	690	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	414	375.00–389.00	378.82
70	450–500	474	340.00–365.00	354.22
79	500–550	517	339.00–359.00	346.44
249	550–600	581	318.00–348.50	333.97
213	600–650	629	284.00–322.50	298.87
132	650–700	669	272.00–300.00	291.82
239	700–750	718	251.00–286.25	277.79
9	750–800	793	255.00	255.00
136	800–850	822	255.00–267.75	261.87
10	850–900	883	243.00–261.00	249.55
9	950–1000	950	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	504	315.00–325.00	318.09
13	550–600	563	317.00	317.00
15	600–650	616	265.00–278.00	275.31
9	650–700	693	220.00–269.00	252.90
20	700–750	738	243.00	243.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,007	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	700–750	734	278.50–286.25	282.03
8	750–800	759	283.00	283.00

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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