Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf/yearling auction just 2 weeks ago, today all weight ranges of both steers and heifers were 20.00 to 40.00 higher. Demand was very good with buyers very aggressive given the up-tick in the CME. Available today were many quality, home-raised, long time weaned and green feeder calves. Also many opportunities for reputation replacement heifers calves. Trade was very active for the moderate supply. The next scheduled feeder calf auction is Dec. 11.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.87/cwt on 232 head. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −30.71 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$450.87

232 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$44.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.83

vs IA average

+21.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	455.49	2,531	208
Medium and Large 1-2	564	410.80	2,315	24

One grade step is worth $44.69/cwt here — about $216 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 sale232 hd

450.87

—

IA average5 barns · 968 hd

432.04

+18.83

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+21.72

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−30.71

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

44 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	526	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,236	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	616	363.03/cwt	357.50–366.00	2,236	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	814	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,804	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	642	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,568	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	654	399.75/cwt	399.75–399.75	2,614	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	338.23/cwt	321.00–350.00	2,303	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,507	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,475	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	428.92/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,067	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	466.65/cwt	455.00–472.50	1,918	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	401.94/cwt	392.00–408.00	2,516	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	341.91/cwt	327.00–350.00	2,800	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	351.31/cwt	342.00–356.00	2,716	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	405.65/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,097	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	498.44/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,368	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	545.25/cwt	540.00–547.00	2,306	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	460.29/cwt	445.00–464.00	1,795	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	365.33/cwt	342.50–375.00	2,656	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	454	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,320	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	331.86/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,881	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	555.02/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,015	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	348.48/cwt	322.00–365.00	2,018	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	376.70/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,981	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,123	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	441.42/cwt	429.00–450.00	2,498	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,371	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	329.63/cwt	321.00–338.00	2,367	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	418.83/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,245	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,398	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,204	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	294.86/cwt	289.00–299.00	2,878	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,208	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,942	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	483.55/cwt	482.50–484.00	2,321	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,505	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	441.56/cwt	423.00–460.00	2,543	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	476.54/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,526	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	704	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,344	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	375.50/cwt	375.50–375.50	2,396	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	574	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,210	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	387.46/cwt	373.50–395.00	2,604	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	389.46/cwt	370.00–406.00	2,216	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	353.90/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,155	65

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	526	425.00	425.00
71	600–650	616	357.50–366.00	363.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	472.00	472.00
19	350–400	390	445.00–464.00	460.29
19	400–450	411	455.00–472.50	466.65
39	450–500	482	410.00–435.00	428.92
92	500–550	517	390.00–425.00	405.65
22	550–600	569	370.00–406.00	389.46
65	600–650	609	345.00–362.50	353.90
96	650–700	681	321.00–350.00	338.23
11	700–750	711	310.00	310.00
19	750–800	786	319.00	319.00
5	800–850	839	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	498	390.00	390.00
25	500–550	526	370.00–385.00	376.70
26	550–600	579	322.00–365.00	348.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	600–650	611	347.50	347.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
41	550–600	574	385.00	385.00
21	700–750	704	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	600–650	642	400.00	400.00
55	650–700	654	399.75	399.75
38	800–850	814	344.50	344.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	363	550.00–560.00	555.02
23	400–450	423	540.00–547.00	545.25
44	450–500	475	490.00–515.00	498.44
83	500–550	530	460.00–485.00	476.54
85	550–600	576	423.00–460.00	441.56
140	600–650	626	392.00–408.00	401.94
184	650–700	672	373.50–395.00	387.46
127	700–750	727	342.50–375.00	365.33
184	750–800	773	342.00–356.00	351.31
33	800–850	819	327.00–350.00	341.91
16	850–900	868	330.00–340.00	331.86
12	950–1000	976	289.00–299.00	294.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	454	511.00	511.00
40	550–600	566	429.00–450.00	441.42
9	600–650	638	375.50	375.50
23	650–700	660	379.50	379.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	433	510.00	510.00
13	450–500	480	482.50–484.00	483.55
11	500–550	536	410.00–435.00	418.83
13	550–600	587	404.00	404.00
10	650–700	666	360.00	360.00
21	700–750	718	321.00–338.00	329.63

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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