Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous auction (March 6) saw very low receipts due to a snow storm. Available today, in load lots, were quality reputation, green yearling cattle. Replacement quality heifers were also in today's mix. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.88/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −118.70 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$362.88

122 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$28.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.84

vs IA average

+5.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	372.79	2,057	80
Medium and Large 1-2	539	344.01	1,853	42

One grade step is worth $28.78/cwt here — about $203 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale122 hd

362.88

—

IA average5 barns · 673 hd

367.71

−4.84

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+5.72

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−118.70

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

35 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 1Fancy	450–500	472	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,699	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	663	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,956	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,073	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,099	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	394.09/cwt	390.00–398.00	1,525	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	363.95/cwt	352.00–366.00	1,714	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	375.53/cwt	361.00–383.00	2,125	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,837	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	300.29/cwt	292.00–306.00	2,297	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,202	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	263.46/cwt	250.00–265.50	2,453	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	432.01/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,620	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,212	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	369.60/cwt	360.00–382.00	1,977	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	273.30/cwt	262.00–277.00	2,298	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	422.83/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,814	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	397.48/cwt	397.00–400.00	1,936	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	305.79/cwt	296.25–315.00	2,251	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	320.57/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,888	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	334.70/cwt	325.50–344.00	2,246	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	362.00/cwt	356.00–390.00	1,586	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	305.49/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,937	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	260.03/cwt	256.00–271.00	2,013	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	265.86/cwt	261.00–267.50	1,763	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,577	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	351.33/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,837	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	288.90/cwt	273.00–299.00	1,973	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	337.94/cwt	326.50–348.00	2,132	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	310.54/cwt	304.00–321.00	1,655	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	298.87/cwt	283.00–315.00	1,865	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	271.74/cwt	257.00–275.00	2,027	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	306.96/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,796	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	276.68/cwt	273.00–279.00	1,751	10

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	472	360.00	360.00
49	650–700	663	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	387	390.00–398.00	394.09
60	400–450	438	356.00–390.00	362.00
34	450–500	471	352.00–366.00	363.95
61	500–550	533	304.00–321.00	310.54
56	550–600	585	300.00–318.00	306.96
167	600–650	624	283.00–315.00	298.87
50	650–700	683	273.00–299.00	288.90
35	700–750	746	257.00–275.00	271.74
135	750–800	774	256.00–271.00	260.03
18	800–850	820	256.00	256.00
10	850–900	882	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	551	287.50	287.50
10	600–650	633	273.00–279.00	276.68
12	650–700	663	261.00–267.50	265.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	443	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	523	350.00–352.50	351.33
10	550–600	589	310.00–325.00	320.57
7	600–650	634	302.00–310.00	305.49
5	750–800	793	270.00	270.00
6	900–950	925	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	375	420.00–440.00	432.01
36	400–450	429	415.00–430.00	422.83
24	450–500	487	397.00–400.00	397.48
37	500–550	535	360.00–382.00	369.60
43	550–600	566	361.00–383.00	375.53
179	600–650	631	326.50–348.00	337.94
75	650–700	671	325.50–344.00	334.70
35	700–750	736	296.25–315.00	305.79
264	750–800	765	292.00–306.00	300.29
126	800–850	841	262.00–277.00	273.30
80	900–950	931	250.00–265.50	263.46
6	950–1000	983	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	390.00	390.00

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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