Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction one week ago, 400 - 500 lb new crop feeder steers were 3.00 to 5.00 higher with 600 - 700 lbs calves 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb new crop calves as much as 13.00 higher. Load lots of green yearling cattle were 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Today's offering of home raised, green, double vaccinated calves were mostly weaned a minimum of 45 days. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.91/cwt on 316 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −143.67 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$337.91

316 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,853

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$34.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.28

vs IA average

+11.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	340.10	1,863	296
Medium and Large 1-2	556	305.48	1,697	20

One grade step is worth $34.62/cwt here — about $166 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 sale316 hd

337.91

—

IA average4 barns · 692 hd

326.63

+11.28

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+11.28

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−143.67

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 1Fancy	450–500	476	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,552	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	627	292.25/cwt	292.25–292.25	1,832	71
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,200	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	270.63/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,586	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,403	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	324.55/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,555	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	347.35/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,653	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,535	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	274.63/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,829	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	323.95/cwt	310.00–331.00	1,762	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	327.80/cwt	312.00–342.50	1,865	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	290.36/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,641	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	282.22/cwt	275.00–286.00	2,043	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	306.55/cwt	291.00–320.50	1,913	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	350.99/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,857	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,466	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,533	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	382.11/cwt	365.00–393.00	1,605	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	270.81/cwt	258.00–273.00	2,215	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	270.52/cwt	250.00–274.50	2,083	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	254.70/cwt	242.00–264.50	1,742	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,768	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	307.42/cwt	297.00–322.75	1,617	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	337.95/cwt	328.00–350.00	1,416	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	258.24/cwt	241.00–259.75	1,813	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	753	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,022	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	270.57/cwt	262.00–280.50	1,707	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	299.07/cwt	289.50–306.25	1,986	353
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,809	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,311	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	303.55/cwt	287.00–315.50	1,712	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,115	7

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 3,043Last week 2,999Year ago 1,658

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	476	326.00	326.00
71	600–650	627	292.25	292.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,000	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	444	316.00	316.00
3	450–500	460	285.00	285.00
4	500–550	503	277.00	277.00
8	550–600	586	270.00–271.00	270.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	343	325.00	325.00
38	400–450	419	328.00–350.00	337.95
56	450–500	479	315.00–340.00	324.55
162	500–550	526	297.00–322.75	307.42
247	550–600	564	287.00–315.50	303.55
188	600–650	631	262.00–280.50	270.57
36	650–700	684	242.00–264.50	254.70
89	700–750	702	241.00–259.75	258.24
7	800–850	804	225.00	225.00
3	850–900	857	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	388	395.00	395.00
53	400–450	420	365.00–393.00	382.11
41	450–500	476	340.00–360.00	347.35
157	500–550	529	340.00–360.00	350.99
139	550–600	569	312.00–342.50	327.80
153	600–650	624	291.00–320.50	306.55
353	650–700	664	289.50–306.25	299.07
70	700–750	724	275.00–286.00	282.22
133	750–800	770	250.00–274.50	270.52
75	800–850	818	258.00–273.00	270.81
7	850–900	889	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	352.00	352.00
3	450–500	473	310.00	310.00
9	500–550	544	310.00–331.00	323.95
11	550–600	565	285.00–305.00	290.36
7	600–650	616	287.00	287.00
31	650–700	666	265.00–280.00	274.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	750–800	753	268.50	268.50

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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