Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous feeder calf auction one week ago (Jan 23rd) , 500 - 600 lb feeder steers were fully steady with 700 -750 lb steers as much as 8.00 to 14.00 higher. Very light test comparison on yearling steer cattle today. Heifer feeder calf trade saw 500 - 600 lb calves mostly steady with a slight lower undertone with 600 - 700 lb feeders as much as 10.00 higher. Quality reputation replacement heifers were retained today. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.87/cwt on 304 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −131.71 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$349.87

304 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$18.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.81

vs IA average

+1.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	350.83	2,007	288
Medium and Large 1-2	582	332.50	1,935	16thin

One grade step is worth $18.33/cwt here — about $72 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 sale304 hd

349.87

—

IA average6 barns · 1,337 hd

347.06

+2.81

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+1.21

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−131.71

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

26 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	400–450	446	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,521	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	260.34/cwt	242.00–268.00	2,002	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	249.42/cwt	249.00–251.00	2,170	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	330.90/cwt	319.00–335.00	1,539	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	321.97/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,681	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	278.30/cwt	264.50–285.00	1,881	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,947	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,302	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	346.83/cwt	335.00–354.50	2,029	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	269.78/cwt	260.00–274.00	2,363	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,935	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	331.25/cwt	323.00–337.00	2,074	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	314.04/cwt	303.50–324.25	2,098	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	361.99/cwt	355.00–376.00	1,940	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,673	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	685	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,959	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,085	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	297.73/cwt	291.00–305.50	2,156	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,772	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	291.39/cwt	285.00–297.50	2,235	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	270.78/cwt	265.00–275.50	1,974	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	256.74/cwt	240.00–269.00	1,630	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	375.09/cwt	360.00–384.00	1,774	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	377.76/cwt	367.50–389.00	1,568	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	291.73/cwt	275.00–299.75	1,820	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	309.36/cwt	300.00–313.50	1,773	169

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 2,859Last week 1,894Year ago 3,082

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	446	341.00	341.00
28	450–500	465	319.00–335.00	330.90
71	500–550	522	310.00–324.00	321.97
169	550–600	573	300.00–313.50	309.36
308	600–650	624	275.00–299.75	291.73
102	650–700	676	264.50–285.00	278.30
185	700–750	729	265.00–275.50	270.78
14	750–800	769	242.00–268.00	260.34
14	850–900	870	249.00–251.00	249.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	583	287.00	287.00
13	600–650	635	240.00–269.00	256.74
5	650–700	684	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	650–700	685	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	582	332.50	332.50
8	600–650	649	300.00	300.00
4	700–750	724	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	415	367.50–389.00	377.76
25	450–500	473	360.00–384.00	375.09
76	500–550	536	355.00–376.00	361.99
212	550–600	585	335.00–354.50	346.83
70	600–650	626	323.00–337.00	331.25
277	650–700	668	303.50–324.25	314.04
191	700–750	724	291.00–305.50	297.73
156	750–800	767	285.00–297.50	291.39
27	800–850	802	287.00	287.00
28	850–900	876	260.00–274.00	269.78

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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