Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf / yearling auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were fully steady, 600 -700 lb calves were steady to 4.00 higher and yearling steers were also steady to 8.00 lower. Heifer calf trade today saw 400 -500 lb calves 10.00 lower, 600 - 700 lb calves 1.00 to 7.00 lower with yearling heifers fully steady. Available today were many "green" LTW'd, double vaccinated steer and heifer calves. Demand was good for the moderate supply. Trade was active. The next calf auction is June 12.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $401.60/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −79.98 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$401.60

130 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,198

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$50.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

+27.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	407.40	2,216	115
Medium and Large 1-2	572	357.09	2,043	15thin

One grade step is worth $50.31/cwt here — about $174 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

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 sale130 hd

401.60

—

IA average1 barns · 130 hd

401.60

+0.00

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+27.46

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−79.98

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

39 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	600–650	648	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,100	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	569	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,236	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	697	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,335	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,384	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,184	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,198	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	363.91/cwt	346.00–375.00	2,249	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	322.27/cwt	312.00–327.00	2,324	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	421.99/cwt	409.00–438.00	2,203	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	447.73/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,970	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	298.81/cwt	296.00–300.00	2,017	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	449.00/cwt	435.00–461.00	2,128	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	304.35/cwt	300.00–313.00	2,353	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	389.15/cwt	380.00–392.00	1,895	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	358.11/cwt	342.00–374.00	1,909	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	378.17/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,220	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,046	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,484	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	327.75/cwt	326.00–334.00	2,255	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,728	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	322.73/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,024	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	406	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,786	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	287.88/cwt	287.00–288.00	2,692	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	292.10/cwt	291.00–299.00	2,424	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	471.93/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,864	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	588	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,882	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	408.09/cwt	397.00–422.00	1,800	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	288.05/cwt	275.00–294.00	2,117	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	339.55/cwt	331.00–351.00	1,946	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,080	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,162	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	341.49/cwt	325.00–355.00	2,018	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,642	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	322.21/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,988	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	231.15/cwt	227.00–234.00	2,270	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

Thu May 29, 2025

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

Receipts 1,146Last week 2,810Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	648	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	391	420.00	420.00
21	400–450	441	397.00–422.00	408.09
42	450–500	487	380.00–392.00	389.15
53	500–550	533	342.00–374.00	358.11
55	550–600	573	331.00–351.00	339.55
36	600–650	617	316.00–326.00	322.21
13	650–700	675	296.00–300.00	298.81
23	700–750	735	275.00–294.00	288.05
8	750–800	774	284.00	284.00
7	800–850	800	273.00	273.00
10	950–1000	982	227.00–234.00	231.15
3	1000–1050	1,023	233.00	233.00
9	1050–1100	1,057	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	390.00	390.00
3	500–550	520	295.00	295.00
3	550–600	597	320.00	320.00
5	750–800	790	259.00	259.00
3	800–850	812	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	569	393.00	393.00
33	650–700	697	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	395	465.00–475.00	471.93
14	400–450	440	445.00–455.00	447.73
44	450–500	474	435.00–461.00	449.00
73	500–550	522	409.00–438.00	421.99
31	550–600	587	370.00–390.00	378.17
68	600–650	618	346.00–375.00	363.91
20	650–700	688	326.00–334.00	327.75
17	700–750	721	312.00–327.00	322.27
25	750–800	773	300.00–313.00	304.35
72	800–850	830	291.00–299.00	292.10
4	850–900	863	290.00	290.00
73	900–950	935	287.00–288.00	287.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	520	400.00	400.00
11	550–600	591	325.00–355.00	341.49
16	600–650	627	321.00–330.00	322.73
4	800–850	819	264.00	264.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	406	440.00	440.00
9	550–600	588	320.00	320.00

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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