Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were steady to 10.00 higher with yearling steer cattle 7.00 to 13. 00 higher. Heifer trade today saw 550 - 650 lb calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher with yearling heifers steady to 8.00 higher. Quality ran very deep in today's offering of green, new crop feeder calves with many "off the cow". Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. The next feeder cattle auction is Oct. 30.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $455.05/cwt on 196 head. That ranks 4 of 19 comparable sales and sits −26.53 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$455.05

196 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$46.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.75

vs IA average

−3.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	460.00	2,596	175
Medium and Large 1-2	583	413.80	2,412	21

One grade step is worth $46.20/cwt here — about $184 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 sale196 hd

455.05

—

IA average3 barns · 699 hd

453.30

+1.75

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−3.09

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−26.53

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

32 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	637	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,379	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	419.95/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,058	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,327	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	341.00/cwt	329.00–345.00	2,329	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	492.02/cwt	490.00–493.00	2,057	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	393.83/cwt	389.00–402.50	2,698	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	425.04/cwt	410.00–444.00	2,193	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	378.75/cwt	378.75–378.75	3,007	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	566.00/cwt	566.00–566.00	2,043	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,968	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	3,054	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	390.81/cwt	384.00–405.00	2,810	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	337.32/cwt	324.00–341.00	2,435	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,078	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,626	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	327.81/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,885	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	472.75/cwt	452.50–485.00	2,558	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	620	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,604	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	537.91/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,324	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,542	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	413.80/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,412	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	441.46/cwt	429.00–450.00	2,697	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	453.68/cwt	441.00–474.00	2,613	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,958	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	367.29/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,681	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	358.81/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,400	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,266	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	504.67/cwt	497.00–520.00	2,473	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	503	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,314	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,021	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,010	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 Oct 23, 2025

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

Receipts 1,591Last week 1,707Year ago 1,314

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	637	373.50	373.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	418	490.00–493.00	492.02
12	450–500	490	415.00–425.00	419.95
58	500–550	516	410.00–444.00	425.04
16	550–600	587	354.00	354.00
12	600–650	634	367.00	367.00
16	650–700	683	329.00–345.00	341.00
14	700–750	722	324.00–341.00	337.32
3	750–800	795	322.00	322.00
152	850–900	880	325.00–337.00	327.81
52	900–950	932	318.50	318.50
53	950–1000	959	318.50	318.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	503	460.00	460.00
28	600–650	620	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	449	450.00	450.00
10	500–550	547	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	477.50	477.50
4	350–400	361	566.00	566.00
31	400–450	432	535.00–540.00	537.91
47	450–500	490	497.00–520.00	504.67
58	500–550	541	452.50–485.00	472.75
117	550–600	576	441.00–474.00	453.68
100	600–650	611	429.00–450.00	441.46
94	650–700	685	389.00–402.50	393.83
147	700–750	719	384.00–405.00	390.81
35	750–800	794	378.75	378.75
6	800–850	818	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	440.00	440.00
3	450–500	477	475.00	475.00
21	550–600	583	407.50–430.00	413.80
16	650–700	669	340.00–365.00	358.81
13	700–750	730	350.00–375.00	367.29

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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