Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 8.00 to 12.00 higher with 700 - 750 lb calves 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Yearling steer trade was fully steady. Heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb feeder calves 8.00 to 12.00 higher with 600 - 700 lb heifer feeder calves 7.00 to 12.00 higher than last week's auction. Again this week quality replacement heifers were available from reputation herds. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering of home raised LTW'd feeder calves. Trade very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.56/cwt on 306 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −131.02 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$350.56

306 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$36.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.73

vs IA average

+8.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	351.03	1,961	302
Medium and Large 1-2	569	315.00	1,792	4thin

One grade step is worth $36.03/cwt here — about $168 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale306 hd

350.56

—

IA average11 barns · 2,355 hd

333.83

+16.73

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+8.48

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−131.02

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

38 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	450–500	465	336.65/cwt	333.00–341.00	1,565	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	351.69/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,389	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	261.58/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,855	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	336.85/cwt	333.00–345.00	1,479	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	273.08/cwt	252.00–282.00	1,849	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,045	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	341.34/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,567	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	274.82/cwt	265.00–292.00	2,149	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	383.16/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,801	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	294.72/cwt	281.00–306.00	2,125	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,982	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	269.06/cwt	251.00–279.00	1,953	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,317	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	263.09/cwt	251.00–268.50	2,192	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	325.36/cwt	318.25–331.50	2,037	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	309.21/cwt	291.00–322.00	2,093	385
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	250.79/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,926	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	246.81/cwt	244.00–257.00	2,320	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	295.07/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,455	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	627	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,925	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	408.60/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,569	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	394.75/cwt	370.00–402.50	1,666	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	725	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,200	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	342.43/cwt	329.00–352.00	1,990	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	263.95/cwt	246.00–285.00	2,001	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	363.90/cwt	351.00–380.00	1,910	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	245.88/cwt	244.00–248.50	2,424	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	316.19/cwt	295.00–333.00	1,679	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	312.13/cwt	283.00–332.50	1,764	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	275.61/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,610	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,639	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	609	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,119	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	282.51/cwt	268.00–304.00	1,766	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	340.16/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,106	13

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 9, 2025

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

Receipts 3,605Last week 3,860Year ago 1,389

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	325	335.00–345.00	340.16
23	350–400	395	335.00–355.00	351.69
39	400–450	439	333.00–345.00	336.85
68	450–500	465	333.00–341.00	336.65
200	500–550	531	295.00–333.00	316.19
190	550–600	565	283.00–332.50	312.13
269	600–650	625	268.00–304.00	282.51
135	650–700	677	252.00–282.00	273.08
71	700–750	709	250.00–265.00	261.58
94	750–800	758	246.00–285.00	263.95
43	800–850	805	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	493	290.00–296.00	295.07
4	500–550	529	290.00	290.00
14	550–600	584	274.00–280.00	275.61
8	600–650	614	267.00	267.00
5	750–800	774	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	600–650	627	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	459	335.00–350.00	341.34
4	550–600	569	315.00	315.00
27	650–700	698	284.00	284.00
11	700–750	726	251.00–279.00	269.06
16	750–800	768	235.00–260.00	250.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
11	350–400	384	405.00–410.00	408.60
41	400–450	422	370.00–402.50	394.75
56	450–500	470	375.00–390.00	383.16
121	500–550	525	351.00–380.00	363.90
181	550–600	581	329.00–352.00	342.43
317	600–650	626	318.25–331.50	325.36
385	650–700	677	291.00–322.00	309.21
178	700–750	721	281.00–306.00	294.72
162	750–800	782	265.00–292.00	274.82
127	800–850	833	251.00–268.50	263.09
49	850–900	866	267.50	267.50
18	900–950	940	244.00–257.00	246.81
19	950–1000	986	244.00–248.50	245.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	609	348.00	348.00
48	700–750	725	303.50	303.50

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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