Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction held just one week ago ( Jan 30 ) 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 8.00 to 12.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb calves as much as 6.00 higher with feeder steers 750 lb and heavier showing a lower undertone to 6.00 lower. All weight classes of heifer feeder calves were fully steady to 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Many reputation home raised feeder calves were available in today's light supply.

Demand was very good for this offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.41/cwt on 164 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −115.16 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$366.41

164 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,019

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.79

vs IA average

+24.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	366.41	2,019	164

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale164 hd

366.41

—

IA average7 barns · 1,421 hd

354.63

+11.79

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+24.03

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−115.16

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

22 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	809	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,925	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,193	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	348.43/cwt	347.00–352.00	1,474	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	330.18/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,568	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	262.13/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,921	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	304.69/cwt	289.00–315.00	1,801	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	320.79/cwt	319.00–324.50	2,140	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	275.74/cwt	260.00–280.00	2,233	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	409.09/cwt	408.00–410.00	1,718	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	387.40/cwt	381.00–402.00	1,821	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	373.99/cwt	362.00–383.00	1,990	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	294.60/cwt	292.00–296.50	2,127	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	293.97/cwt	280.00–306.00	1,840	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	280.85/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,904	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	278.34/cwt	276.50–285.50	2,132	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	302.91/cwt	290.00–307.00	2,060	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	332.90/cwt	324.00–342.00	1,714	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	271.37/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,745	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	310.41/cwt	302.00–318.00	1,670	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	326.65/cwt	313.50–335.00	2,058	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,305	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	355.72/cwt	345.25–365.00	2,056	68

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 Feb 6, 2025

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

Receipts 1,638Last week 2,859Year ago 2,796

Demand was very good for this offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	423	347.00–352.00	348.43
19	450–500	475	325.00–335.00	330.18
90	500–550	515	324.00–342.00	332.90
52	550–600	591	289.00–315.00	304.69
151	600–650	626	280.00–306.00	293.97
85	650–700	678	274.00–285.00	280.85
36	700–750	733	250.00–267.50	262.13
5	800–850	809	238.00	238.00
12	850–900	860	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	538	302.00–318.00	310.41
15	600–650	643	265.00–277.00	271.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	420	408.00–410.00	409.09
16	450–500	470	381.00–402.00	387.40
96	500–550	532	362.00–383.00	373.99
68	550–600	578	345.25–365.00	355.72
151	600–650	630	313.50–335.00	326.65
94	650–700	667	319.00–324.50	320.79
142	700–750	722	292.00–296.50	294.60
118	750–800	766	276.50–285.50	278.34
14	800–850	810	260.00–280.00	275.74
22	900–950	904	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	650–700	680	290.00–307.00	302.91

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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