Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

ANNUAL CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BBQ AUCTION - - Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago, no trend on feeder steers stated today due to light numbers at the previous sale. However, with good heifer numbers both weeks, trade was most steady with a lower undertone. Available today were many load lots of home-raised, green, LTW'd yearling steers and heifers. Reputation new crop calf consignments were also available today. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $469.35/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 4 of 19 comparable sales and sits −12.23 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$469.35

89 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$35.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.08

vs IA average

+55.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	473.79	2,633	78
Medium and Large 1-2	527	437.88	2,308	11thin

One grade step is worth $35.91/cwt here — about $325 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale89 hd

469.35

—

IA average6 barns · 1,722 hd

455.27

+14.08

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+55.83

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−12.23

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

38 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 1	550–600	558	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,260	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	390.15/cwt	385.00–412.00	2,079	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	385.69/cwt	368.00–395.00	2,391	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	457.53/cwt	455.00–458.00	2,654	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	446.48/cwt	442.50–447.00	2,759	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	516.98/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,414	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	327.94/cwt	325.00–337.50	2,683	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	494.38/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,576	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	404.97/cwt	402.50–415.00	2,543	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	382.01/cwt	359.00–387.00	2,953	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	348.17/cwt	333.00–353.50	2,514	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	334.05/cwt	311.00–336.00	3,067	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	344.60/cwt	323.00–351.00	2,688	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	362.24/cwt	350.00–371.00	2,981	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	347.88/cwt	332.00–351.50	3,225	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,660	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	354.47/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,442	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	332.51/cwt	320.00–336.00	2,949	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,411	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	3,015	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,940	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,291	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	314.30/cwt	298.00–315.00	3,096	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	296.25/cwt	296.25–296.25	3,155	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	355	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,757	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	392.21/cwt	374.00–399.25	2,671	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,255	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	297.12/cwt	296.00–297.50	2,668	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	391.18/cwt	374.00–413.00	2,863	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	354.23/cwt	339.00–364.50	3,061	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,703	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	437.88/cwt	430.00–447.50	2,308	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,220	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,632	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,035	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,148	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,329	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,316	31

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 Sep 11, 2025

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

Receipts 2,562Last week 983Year ago 3,301

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	533	385.00–412.00	390.15
10	550–600	558	405.00	405.00
32	600–650	620	368.00–395.00	385.69
82	650–700	689	340.00–360.00	354.47
45	700–750	722	333.00–353.50	348.17
65	750–800	780	323.00–351.00	344.60
119	800–850	818	325.00–337.50	327.94
92	850–900	887	320.00–336.00	332.51
66	900–950	918	311.00–336.00	334.05
121	950–1000	985	298.00–315.00	314.30
56	1050–1100	1,065	296.25	296.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	355	495.00	495.00
9	400–450	423	481.00	481.00
15	450–500	468	459.00	459.00
26	550–600	589	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	628	359.00	359.00
21	650–700	679	327.00	327.00
4	700–750	730	319.00	319.00
20	850–900	898	296.00–297.50	297.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	388	500.00	500.00
26	450–500	467	505.00–520.00	516.98
23	500–550	532	500.00	500.00
37	550–600	580	455.00–458.00	457.53
68	600–650	618	442.50–447.00	446.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	521	470.00–510.00	494.38
5	550–600	574	420.00	420.00
30	600–650	628	402.50–415.00	404.97
126	650–700	681	374.00–399.25	392.21
222	700–750	732	374.00–413.00	391.18
103	750–800	773	359.00–387.00	382.01
270	800–850	823	350.00–371.00	362.24
244	850–900	864	339.00–364.50	354.23
180	900–950	927	332.00–351.50	347.88
6	950–1000	974	309.50	309.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	527	430.00–447.50	437.88
31	650–700	657	352.50	352.50
44	700–750	719	366.00	366.00
9	800–850	807	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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