Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder cattle auction one week ago (April 10) 400 - 500 lb steer calves were fully steady to 3.00 higher, 600 -700 lb steer were 7.00 to 13.00 higher and 800 lb yearling cattle were steady with a higher undertone. Heifer trade today saw a lower undertone across all weight classes, as much as 10.00. Today's moderate calf offering ranged from "long time weaned" to "just off the cow" today. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.26/cwt on 158 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −114.32 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$367.26

158 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.06

vs IA average

+2.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	367.26	2,041	158

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 sale158 hd

367.26

—

IA average5 barns · 662 hd

370.31

−3.06

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

+2.50

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−114.32

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

34 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	550–600	569	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,778	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,107	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	493	353.57/cwt	350.50–358.00	1,743	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,364	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,361	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	430.40/cwt	420.00–442.00	1,838	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	342.90/cwt	330.00–357.00	2,157	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	318.23/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,282	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,491	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	371.76/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,996	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	275.90/cwt	253.00–277.00	2,428	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	416.48/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,628	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	332.28/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,220	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	367.43/cwt	363.00–372.00	2,061	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	302.63/cwt	302.00–304.00	2,339	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	276.75/cwt	276.75–276.75	2,491	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,937	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,292	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	350.34/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,668	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	577	358.58/cwt	357.00–360.00	2,069	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	631	348.39/cwt	342.50–355.00	2,198	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,790	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,183	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	415.76/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,954	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,789	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	359.60/cwt	347.00–372.00	1,690	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	293.21/cwt	288.00–304.00	1,803	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	372.66/cwt	357.00–400.00	1,573	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	303.22/cwt	291.00–320.00	1,786	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	401.77/cwt	380.00–412.00	1,559	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	331.26/cwt	328.00–334.00	1,742	19

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 Apr 17, 2025

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

Receipts 1,219Last week 1,044Year ago 1,523

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	493	350.50–358.00	353.57
10	550–600	569	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	487	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	605	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	304	425.00	425.00
16	350–400	388	380.00–412.00	401.77
37	400–450	422	357.00–400.00	372.66
52	450–500	470	347.00–372.00	359.60
19	500–550	526	328.00–334.00	331.26
43	550–600	589	291.00–320.00	303.22
52	600–650	615	288.00–304.00	293.21
7	650–700	651	275.00	275.00
22	700–750	703	275.50	275.50
25	800–850	843	259.00	259.00
4	1000–1050	1,035	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,013	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	410.00	410.00
19	350–400	391	405.00–430.00	416.48
11	400–450	427	420.00–442.00	430.40
35	450–500	470	405.00–420.00	415.76
55	500–550	537	365.00–380.00	371.76
73	550–600	561	363.00–372.00	367.43
37	600–650	629	330.00–357.00	342.90
22	650–700	668	320.00–350.00	332.28
31	700–750	717	315.00–320.00	318.23
25	750–800	773	302.00–304.00	302.63
65	850–900	880	253.00–277.00	275.90
25	900–950	900	276.75	276.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	420	355.00	355.00
12	450–500	476	330.00–357.00	350.34
3	600–650	625	319.00	319.00
6	750–800	755	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	577	357.00–360.00	358.58
49	600–650	631	342.50–355.00	348.39

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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