Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifer were 20.00 to 40.00 lower on limited supplies. 500 -600 lb new crop steer calves were 30.00 to 35.00 lower while 600 to 700 lb calves were 18.00 to 40.00 lower. No test on yearling cattle today. Heifer trade today saw 400 - 500 lb new crop calves 22.00 to 40.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate. Available today were reputation "home raised" calves both LTW'd and just off the cow and all vaccinated. The next feeder calf auction is November 6.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $418.23/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −63.35 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$418.23

141 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$43.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.17

vs IA average

−11.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	423.50	2,341	124
Medium and Large 1-2	537	379.82	2,040	17thin

One grade step is worth $43.68/cwt here — about $301 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 sale141 hd

418.23

—

IA average3 barns · 384 hd

421.40

−3.17

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−11.49

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−63.35

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

22 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	400–450	433	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,509	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,651	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	348.88/cwt	332.50–355.00	2,194	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,214	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	394.01/cwt	385.00–417.50	1,879	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	468.76/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,227	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	381.05/cwt	360.00–398.00	2,404	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	316.07/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,766	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	375.04/cwt	350.00–387.00	2,186	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	366.84/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,937	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,205	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	327.45/cwt	321.00–344.00	2,187	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	379.82/cwt	377.50–382.50	2,040	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,573	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	436.55/cwt	419.00–445.00	2,331	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	349.59/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,174	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	342.48/cwt	330.00–348.00	1,942	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	375.19/cwt	359.00–387.50	2,484	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	410.86/cwt	407.00–415.00	2,346	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,202	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	290.79/cwt	274.00–307.50	2,198	8

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 913Last week 1,591Year ago 1,775

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	405.00	405.00
56	450–500	477	385.00–417.50	394.01
73	500–550	528	350.00–372.50	366.84
67	550–600	583	350.00–387.00	375.04
15	600–650	629	332.50–355.00	348.88
17	650–700	661	335.00	335.00
12	750–800	794	316.00	316.00
12	800–850	839	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	567	330.00–348.00	342.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	475	465.00–470.00	468.76
61	500–550	534	419.00–445.00	436.55
63	550–600	571	407.00–415.00	410.86
59	600–650	631	360.00–398.00	381.05
83	650–700	662	359.00–387.50	375.19
12	700–750	716	308.00	308.00
16	750–800	750	343.00	343.00
10	850–900	875	310.00–320.00	316.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	484	455.00	455.00
17	500–550	537	377.50–382.50	379.82
31	600–650	622	342.00–355.00	349.59
14	650–700	668	321.00–344.00	327.45
8	750–800	756	274.00–307.50	290.79

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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