Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction one week ago (March 20) 500 - 600 lb steer calves were steady to 10.00 higher, 700 - 800 lb cattle were 9.00 to 16.00 higher. Heifer calf trade saw 500 - 600 lb calves 14.00 to 18.00 higher. Today's offering saw "home - raised" , LTW'd and double vaccinated quality cattle with replacement heifers available throughout. 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 $376.18/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −105.40 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$376.18

161 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,090

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.24

vs IA average

+12.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	376.18	2,090	161

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 sale161 hd

376.18

—

IA average4 barns · 702 hd

370.93

+5.24

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+12.20

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−105.40

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

41 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	850–900	884	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,175	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	636	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,984	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	307.22/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,800	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	313.00/cwt	309.00–315.00	1,966	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	278.71/cwt	264.00–283.00	2,054	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,129	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,901	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	728	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,915	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,497	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	290.16/cwt	277.00–294.00	2,385	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,381	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	390.15/cwt	377.00–417.00	1,904	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,931	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	334.58/cwt	312.00–342.00	2,148	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	659	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,076	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	310.22/cwt	297.00–314.00	2,373	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	368.01/cwt	352.00–373.50	2,109	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	360.68/cwt	347.00–369.00	2,272	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,912	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,284	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	943	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,485	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	436.25/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,876	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,267	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	391.80/cwt	375.00–397.00	2,088	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	313.48/cwt	311.75–316.50	2,251	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,848	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	250.58/cwt	247.00–272.00	1,952	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	1,698	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	686	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,681	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,809	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	853	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,418	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,982	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	306.50/cwt	303.00–308.00	2,066	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,021	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,616	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	332.37/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,788	27

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 Mar 27, 2025

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

Receipts 1,806Last week 2,325Year ago 848

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	636	312.00	312.00
22	850–900	884	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	399	405.00	405.00
5	400–450	449	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	472	345.00	345.00
27	500–550	538	330.00–334.00	332.37
39	550–600	586	300.00–326.00	307.22
39	600–650	628	309.00–315.00	313.00
161	650–700	674	303.00–308.00	306.50
163	700–750	737	264.00–283.00	278.71
27	750–800	779	247.00–272.00	250.58
4	800–850	815	248.00	248.00
11	900–950	906	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	483	351.50	351.50
17	600–650	611	313.00	313.00
12	650–700	686	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	637	284.00	284.00
6	650–700	698	284.00	284.00
13	700–750	739	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	511	370.00	370.00
6	550–600	559	340.00	340.00
6	600–650	613	315.00	315.00
13	650–700	659	315.00	315.00
12	700–750	728	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	430	425.00–450.00	436.25
15	450–500	488	377.00–417.00	390.15
62	500–550	533	375.00–397.00	391.80
89	550–600	573	352.00–373.50	368.01
119	600–650	630	347.00–369.00	360.68
18	650–700	659	344.00	344.00
54	700–750	718	311.75–316.50	313.48
125	750–800	765	297.00–314.00	310.22
175	800–850	822	277.00–294.00	290.16
3	850–900	865	264.00	264.00
9	900–950	914	260.50	260.50
11	950–1000	964	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	642	312.00–342.00	334.58
4	750–800	788	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	853	283.50	283.50
29	900–950	943	263.50	263.50

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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