Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder cattle auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb new crop steer calves were 12.00 to 20.00 higher with yearling steer cattle also as much as 15.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb new crop calves 11.00 to 16.00 higher with no trend stated on yearling cattle due to light numbers. Many reputation, double vaccinated new crop calves were available today of which many were just "off the cow". Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was very active. The next Feeder Cattle Auction is Oct 23rd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $455.15/cwt on 286 head. That ranks 4 of 19 comparable sales and sits −26.43 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$455.15

286 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$56.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.49

vs IA average

+9.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	467.38	2,616	224
Medium and Large 1-2	572	410.96	2,350	62

One grade step is worth $56.41/cwt here — about $266 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 sale286 hd

455.15

—

IA average3 barns · 806 hd

446.66

+8.49

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+9.30

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−26.43

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

30 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	Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,045	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,091	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,640	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,830	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	469.72/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,790	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,329	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	454.40/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,013	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	466.10/cwt	441.00–491.00	2,195	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	362.31/cwt	354.00–369.00	2,250	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	417.76/cwt	387.50–430.00	2,197	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,283	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,767	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	543.62/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,033	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	419.37/cwt	411.00–440.00	2,608	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	450.81/cwt	419.00–470.00	2,619	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	343.30/cwt	340.00–345.50	3,182	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	365.12/cwt	330.00–374.75	2,870	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	504.59/cwt	478.00–520.00	2,584	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	383.70/cwt	377.00–403.00	2,751	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	525.82/cwt	510.00–545.00	2,461	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	403.52/cwt	395.00–429.00	2,667	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	375.67/cwt	315.00–392.50	2,231	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	369.70/cwt	367.00–373.00	3,094	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,961	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,275	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	363.70/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,502	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	470.81/cwt	468.00–477.50	2,514	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,866	6

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 Oct 9, 2025

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

Receipts 1,707Last week 1,485Year ago 2,079

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,050	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	381	460.00–475.00	469.72
35	400–450	443	450.00–470.00	454.40
47	450–500	471	441.00–491.00	466.10
99	500–550	526	387.50–430.00	417.76
11	550–600	554	377.50	377.50
80	600–650	621	354.00–369.00	362.31
17	650–700	675	345.00	345.00
11	800–850	825	320.00	320.00
12	850–900	887	319.00	319.00
4	900–950	908	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	434	430.00	430.00
6	500–550	530	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	297	595.00	595.00
5	300–350	344	540.00	540.00
37	350–400	374	535.00–550.00	543.62
7	400–450	439	520.00	520.00
85	450–500	468	510.00–545.00	525.82
69	500–550	512	478.00–520.00	504.59
155	550–600	581	419.00–470.00	450.81
39	600–650	622	411.00–440.00	419.37
134	650–700	661	395.00–429.00	403.52
69	700–750	717	377.00–403.00	383.70
54	750–800	786	330.00–374.75	365.12
177	800–850	837	367.00–373.00	369.70
43	900–950	927	340.00–345.50	343.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	479	475.00	475.00
23	500–550	534	468.00–477.50	470.81
39	550–600	594	315.00–392.50	375.67
20	650–700	688	357.50–370.00	363.70

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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