Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder cattle auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 3.00 to 5.00 higher with 600 -700 lb steers steady to 3.00 lower. Heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb calves steady to 4.00 lower with 600 - 700 lb. calves 8.00 to 11.00 higher. No comparison stated on yearling cattle given the low numbers. Quality ran extra deep on today's heavy supply of home raised, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves. Available today were many groups of replacement quality heifer calves. 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 $331.51/cwt on 250 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −150.06 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$331.51

250 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$23.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.29

vs IA average

−1.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	334.12	1,919	222
Medium and Large 1-2	546	310.89	1,696	28

One grade step is worth $23.22/cwt here — about $223 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 sale250 hd

331.51

—

IA average4 barns · 666 hd

327.23

+4.29

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−1.36

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−150.06

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

32 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	800–850	806	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,878	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	323.54/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,407	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,328	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	265.43/cwt	250.50–278.00	1,784	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	282.99/cwt	266.00–292.00	1,788	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	298.64/cwt	294.00–305.00	1,714	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	291.32/cwt	291.00–292.00	1,681	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	287.73/cwt	275.00–299.00	1,959	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	376.36/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,291	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	325.57/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,699	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,861	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,157	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	279.72/cwt	267.00–288.25	2,022	347
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	365.66/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,708	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	331.30/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,922	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	356.30/cwt	347.00–370.00	1,885	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	378.46/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,593	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	263.01/cwt	257.00–266.00	2,191	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	321.63/cwt	309.00–328.00	1,553	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,567	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	268.05/cwt	257.50–274.50	2,085	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	255.33/cwt	253.00–261.00	2,237	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,258	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	304.79/cwt	290.00–316.00	1,618	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	252.79/cwt	244.00–262.50	1,552	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	264.43/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,523	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	257.48/cwt	250.00–260.25	2,325	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	307.80/cwt	295.00–318.00	1,936	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	252.92/cwt	244.50–262.00	1,826	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	247.36/cwt	243.00–251.25	1,922	122

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 Jan 2, 2025

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

Receipts 3,860Last week 3,043Year ago 2,947

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	374	355.00	355.00
14	400–450	435	320.00–327.00	323.54
73	450–500	483	309.00–328.00	321.63
90	500–550	531	290.00–316.00	304.79
101	550–600	574	294.00–305.00	298.64
251	600–650	632	266.00–292.00	282.99
188	650–700	672	250.50–278.00	265.43
254	700–750	722	244.50–262.00	252.92
122	750–800	777	243.00–251.25	247.36
10	800–850	806	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	393	320.00	320.00
10	500–550	548	286.00	286.00
26	550–600	576	255.00–273.00	264.43
18	600–650	614	244.00–262.50	252.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	522	317.50–327.50	325.57
12	550–600	577	291.00–292.00	291.32
23	650–700	692	269.00	269.00
4	750–800	793	256.00	256.00
3	900–950	918	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	343	340.00–390.00	376.36
3	350–400	378	400.00	400.00
7	400–450	421	370.00–385.00	378.46
49	450–500	467	350.00–375.00	365.66
25	500–550	529	347.00–370.00	356.30
197	550–600	580	320.00–350.00	331.30
175	600–650	629	295.00–318.00	307.80
179	650–700	681	275.00–299.00	287.73
347	700–750	723	267.00–288.25	279.72
326	750–800	778	257.50–274.50	268.05
133	800–850	833	257.00–266.00	263.01
47	850–900	876	253.00–261.00	255.33
89	900–950	903	250.00–260.25	257.48

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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