Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf / yearling cattle auction 2 weeks ago 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 5.00 to 8.00 higher, 600 -700 lb 4.00 to 7.00 higher and yearling steers were 8.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifer trade saw all lighter weight classes 8.00 to 17.00 higher with yearling heifers fully steady. Available today were load lots of "green", LTW's cattle from quality reputation herds. Internet active. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Trade was active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.81/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −64.78 against this barn's trailing median of $428.59.

Average price

$363.81

122 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$13.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.48

vs IA average

+27.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	367.86	1,941	86
Medium and Large 1-2	534	354.15	1,891	36

One grade step is worth $13.71/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $451.61, low $376.15, median $428.59 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

363.81

—

IA average2 barns · 144 hd

361.33

+2.48

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

+27.90

This barn, trailing median19 sales

428.59

−64.78

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	1150–1200	1,170	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,954	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	295.96/cwt	286.00–309.00	2,294	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	374.68/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,933	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	427.52/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,616	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,049	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	389.51/cwt	378.00–395.00	2,345	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	327.69/cwt	323.00–334.00	2,425	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	403.27/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,851	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,180	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	383.77/cwt	375.00–387.00	1,650	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	287.14/cwt	278.00–288.00	2,329	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,485	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,554	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,271	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	304.78/cwt	295.00–306.00	2,746	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,197	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	403.28/cwt	395.00–412.50	2,291	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	354.15/cwt	337.50–362.50	1,891	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,243	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,486	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	322.63/cwt	303.00–324.00	2,339	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	354.88/cwt	344.00–375.00	2,200	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,834	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,181	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,132	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,488	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	320.94/cwt	314.00–322.50	2,513	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	384.13/cwt	380.00–387.00	2,055	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	361.79/cwt	361.00–365.00	2,315	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	359.33/cwt	352.50–372.50	2,411	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	442.18/cwt	431.00–452.50	1,906	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	330.04/cwt	326.00–333.00	2,086	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,001	7

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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1150–1200	1,170	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	303	395.00	395.00
5	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
19	400–450	430	375.00–387.00	383.77
15	450–500	459	400.00–405.00	403.27
70	500–550	516	367.50–390.00	374.68
16	550–600	578	338.00	338.00
115	600–650	620	344.00–375.00	354.88
78	650–700	682	333.00	333.00
89	700–750	725	303.00–324.00	322.63
40	750–800	775	286.00–309.00	295.96
35	800–850	811	278.00–288.00	287.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	534	337.50–362.50	354.15
40	600–650	632	326.00–333.00	330.04
6	700–750	725	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	415.00–440.00	427.52
32	400–450	431	431.00–452.50	442.18
6	450–500	471	435.00	435.00
7	500–550	516	422.50	422.50
65	550–600	568	395.00–412.50	403.28
83	600–650	602	378.00–395.00	389.51
23	650–700	671	352.50–372.50	359.33
73	700–750	740	323.00–334.00	327.69
22	750–800	783	314.00–322.50	320.94
17	800–850	832	299.00	299.00
9	850–900	896	285.00	285.00
73	900–950	901	295.00–306.00	304.78
3	950–1000	986	186.00	186.00
4	1050–1100	1,085	229.00	229.00
7	1200–1250	1,243	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	405.00	405.00
25	500–550	535	380.00–387.00	384.13
39	600–650	640	361.00–365.00	361.79
13	650–700	651	335.00	335.00

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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