Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2025-02-13

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 13
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
952 head
686 vs last sale 1,638 1,236 vs year ago 2,188 · 56.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction one week ago, a weather related light offering experience today. 600 - 700 lb feeder steer calves were fully steady to 4.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb calves 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Today's supply saw several large groups of "home - raised", reputation and LTW's quality feeder 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 $334.87/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 146.71 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.
Average price
$334.87
31 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,855
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.19
vs IA average
3.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544350.281,90618thin
Medium and Large 1-2567313.541,77913thin
One grade step is worth $36.74/cwt here — about $127 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
528497466434median 481.5812/1801/2202/2605/0707/16
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 sale31 hd
334.87
IA average4 barns · 365 hd
346.06
−11.19
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−3.80
This barn, trailing median19 sales
481.58
−146.71
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

19 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900856246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,1069
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,00813
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600555300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,66514
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450433364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,57616
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,71028
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619288.48/cwt280.00–294.001,78669
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850815274.47/cwt268.50–276.502,23781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8648
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750700298.15/cwt293.75–301.502,08744
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900865258.85/cwt247.00–265.752,23919
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625330.68/cwt326.25–337.502,06759
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800758284.40/cwt276.75–285.752,15669
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,85513
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950920249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,29116
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700685299.25/cwt294.00–302.252,050148
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700696277.39/cwt275.00–277.751,931100
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600581351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,0395
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373401.43/cwt400.00–405.001,49710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550549300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6475

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.