Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction just one week ago new crop steer calves sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 lower while heifer trade saw calves 3.00 to 12.00 lower. Available today were many groups of home raised, double vaccinated feeder calves both LTW'd and "just off the cow". Quality ran very deep for replacement heifer opportunities. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. The next scheduled Feeder Calf auction is Dec 4.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $407.68/cwt on 174 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −73.90 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$407.68

174 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$45.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.77

vs IA average

−2.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	411.82	2,273	158
Medium and Large 1-2	554	366.75	2,033	16thin

One grade step is worth $45.07/cwt here — about $240 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 sale174 hd

407.68

—

IA average9 barns · 1,616 hd

406.91

+0.77

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−2.40

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−73.90

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

40 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	500–550	543	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,982	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	648	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,090	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	722	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,473	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	688	346.83/cwt	345.00–348.00	2,386	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	775	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,333	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	302.56/cwt	288.00–305.50	2,194	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	333.52/cwt	326.00–345.00	1,958	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,148	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	431.81/cwt	416.00–475.00	2,263	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	328.46/cwt	321.00–335.00	2,033	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	426.30/cwt	400.00–465.00	2,029	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	381.16/cwt	369.00–389.50	2,356	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	317.73/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,097	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	358.18/cwt	348.00–385.00	1,870	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	374.25/cwt	373.00–378.00	1,598	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	375.56/cwt	363.00–385.00	1,833	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,337	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	699	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,286	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	382.82/cwt	356.00–401.00	2,232	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	357.05/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,371	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	268.97/cwt	265.00–271.00	2,461	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	379.22/cwt	363.00–388.00	2,336	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	641	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,173	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,025	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,417	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	338.30/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,470	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,075	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	288.44/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,915	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,323	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,876	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	339.91/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,829	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,179	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	353	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,614	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,932	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

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	543	365.00	365.00
36	600–650	648	322.50	322.50
19	650–700	655	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	420.00	420.00
12	400–450	427	373.00–378.00	374.25
21	450–500	488	363.00–385.00	375.56
73	500–550	522	348.00–385.00	358.18
48	550–600	587	326.00–345.00	333.52
64	600–650	619	321.00–335.00	328.46
23	650–700	660	310.00–320.00	317.73
35	700–750	725	288.00–305.50	302.56
5	750–800	770	279.00	279.00
26	850–900	860	281.00	281.00
9	900–950	915	265.00–271.00	268.97
4	950–1000	980	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	458	352.50	352.50
6	500–550	538	335.00–345.00	339.91
16	650–700	664	284.00–290.00	288.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	435.00	435.00
20	450–500	460	395.00	395.00
12	550–600	560	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	650–700	688	345.00–348.00	346.83
15	700–750	722	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	775	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	490.00	490.00
19	450–500	476	400.00–465.00	426.30
53	500–550	524	416.00–475.00	431.81
70	550–600	583	356.00–401.00	382.82
44	600–650	616	363.00–388.00	379.22
125	650–700	664	340.00–365.00	357.05
225	700–750	730	330.00–350.00	338.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	505	460.00	460.00
13	550–600	577	405.00	405.00
35	600–650	618	369.00–389.50	381.16
19	650–700	699	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	641	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	528	393.00	393.00
6	550–600	598	323.00	323.00
24	600–650	649	312.00	312.00
5	700–750	724	301.00	301.00

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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