Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction just one week ago (April 17) 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 11.00 to as much as 20.00 higher with 600 -700 lb calves 6.00 to 14.00 higher. Today's heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb feeder calves 15.00 to as much as 23.00 higher. On a light test, 800 lb yearling cattle were 4.00 higher. Available today were reputation, home raised, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves. Very strong prices today for light weight steers and heifers going to grass. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Internet bidding active throughout the auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.12/cwt on 210 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −90.45 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$391.12

210 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$24.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.18

vs IA average

+17.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	392.07	2,097	202
Medium and Large 1-2	518	367.31	1,903	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.76/cwt here — about $194 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale210 hd

391.12

—

IA average5 barns · 897 hd

380.94

+10.18

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+17.10

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−90.45

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,883	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,005	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	269.67/cwt	269.50–270.00	2,241	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	372.17/cwt	355.00–399.50	1,589	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	313.47/cwt	298.00–318.00	1,972	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	427.29/cwt	412.00–446.00	2,025	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,087	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,088	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	280.25/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,407	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	381.13/cwt	362.50–396.00	2,131	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	272.24/cwt	265.00–278.50	1,963	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	327.97/cwt	316.00–340.00	1,886	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,935	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,276	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	382.40/cwt	375.00–392.00	1,820	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	399.24/cwt	395.00–407.00	2,072	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,204	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	399.93/cwt	385.00–412.50	1,432	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	341.07/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,166	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	359.62/cwt	347.50–369.00	1,852	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	300.78/cwt	279.00–303.00	2,024	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	298.39/cwt	294.00–303.00	2,310	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	470.79/cwt	440.00–505.00	1,973	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,807	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,812	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,231	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,728	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,781	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	389.69/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,878	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	357.41/cwt	350.00–383.00	2,237	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	338.47/cwt	329.00–355.00	2,285	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	367.31/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,903	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	310.11/cwt	309.50–312.50	2,121	15

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 1,859Last week 1,219Year ago 1,582

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	538	350.00	350.00
26	700–750	701	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	358	385.00–412.50	399.93
39	400–450	427	355.00–399.50	372.17
91	450–500	476	375.00–392.00	382.40
90	500–550	515	347.50–369.00	359.62
68	550–600	575	316.00–340.00	327.97
123	600–650	629	298.00–318.00	313.47
90	650–700	673	279.00–303.00	300.78
13	700–750	721	265.00–278.50	272.24
6	750–800	752	277.50	277.50
31	800–850	831	269.50–270.00	269.67
8	850–900	881	237.00	237.00
9	950–1000	984	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	362.50	362.50
15	500–550	541	335.00	335.00
9	550–600	582	306.00	306.00
9	650–700	682	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	349	495.00	495.00
5	350–400	374	517.50	517.50
23	400–450	419	440.00–505.00	470.79
90	450–500	474	412.00–446.00	427.29
122	500–550	519	395.00–407.00	399.24
80	550–600	559	362.50–396.00	381.13
105	600–650	626	350.00–383.00	357.41
109	650–700	675	329.00–355.00	338.47
11	700–750	740	307.50	307.50
10	750–800	774	294.00–303.00	298.39
35	850–900	859	275.00–285.00	280.25
11	950–1000	966	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	482	380.00–395.00	389.69
8	500–550	518	350.00–377.50	367.31
29	600–650	635	335.00–345.00	341.07
15	650–700	684	309.50–312.50	310.11

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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