Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb feeder steers were 2.00 to 5.00 higher and 600 - 700 lb calves were mostly steady to 8.00 lower. Load lots of yearling steers sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifer feeder calf trade saw all weight classes mostly steady with a slight lower undertone. Today's moderate supply consisted of home raised, LTW'd and double vaccinated quality feeder calves. Several large groups of quality, reputation replacement heifers returned to the country. Demand was very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.52/cwt on 232 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −131.06 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$350.52

232 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,956

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$36.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.72

vs IA average

+8.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	353.00	1,960	216
Medium and Large 1-2	593	317.00	1,880	16thin

One grade step is worth $36.00/cwt here — about $81 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 sale232 hd

350.52

—

IA average8 barns · 1,783 hd

341.80

+8.72

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+8.07

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−131.06

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

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	704	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,830	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,709	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,862	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	606	299.75/cwt	299.75–299.75	1,816	21
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,298	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	267.41/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,559	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	384.78/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,824	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	367.41/cwt	354.00–377.50	1,947	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	264.19/cwt	241.00–269.00	2,391	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	313.74/cwt	298.00–322.50	1,967	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	276.69/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,923	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	272.24/cwt	262.50–282.50	2,129	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	269.98/cwt	256.00–274.00	2,219	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	397.07/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,719	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	720	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,890	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	626	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,044	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	255.28/cwt	253.00–256.00	1,866	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,880	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,308	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	344.69/cwt	333.25–359.00	1,965	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	258.60/cwt	247.00–264.00	1,849	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	349.22/cwt	342.50–352.00	1,509	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	288.49/cwt	276.50–298.00	2,077	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	307.23/cwt	291.00–316.25	2,046	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	243.98/cwt	237.00–244.75	2,125	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	686	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,852	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	327.83/cwt	315.00–343.00	1,754	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	266.69/cwt	263.00–269.00	1,819	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	731	294.75/cwt	294.75–294.75	2,155	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	414.94/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,618	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,253	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,282	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	303.17/cwt	285.00–317.50	1,734	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	248.52/cwt	243.00–253.85	1,936	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	285.52/cwt	275.25–302.00	1,782	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	305.22/cwt	297.00–312.00	1,581	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	336.49/cwt	327.00–345.00	1,582	62

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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 3,780Last week 3,605Year ago 2,432

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	704	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	718	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	582	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	606	299.75	299.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	1000–1050	1,008	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	450	310.00	310.00
18	500–550	518	297.00–312.00	305.22
21	550–600	583	264.00–270.00	267.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	650–700	686	270.00	270.00
47	700–750	720	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	355.00	355.00
55	400–450	432	342.50–352.00	349.22
62	450–500	470	327.00–345.00	336.49
100	500–550	535	315.00–343.00	327.83
153	550–600	572	285.00–317.50	303.17
134	600–650	624	275.25–302.00	285.52
120	650–700	682	263.00–269.00	266.69
53	700–750	715	247.00–264.00	258.60
175	750–800	779	243.00–253.85	248.52
41	850–900	871	237.00–244.75	243.98
12	950–1000	955	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	390	410.00–425.00	414.94
14	400–450	433	395.00–405.00	397.07
44	450–500	474	370.00–390.00	384.78
79	500–550	530	354.00–377.50	367.41
137	550–600	570	333.25–359.00	344.69
214	600–650	627	298.00–322.50	313.74
149	650–700	666	291.00–316.25	307.23
278	700–750	720	276.50–298.00	288.49
227	750–800	782	262.50–282.50	272.24
277	800–850	822	256.00–274.00	269.98
12	850–900	858	269.00	269.00
77	900–950	905	241.00–269.00	264.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	593	317.00	317.00
18	650–700	695	270.00–280.00	276.69
21	700–750	731	253.00–256.00	255.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	626	326.50	326.50
73	700–750	731	294.75	294.75

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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