Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the special feeder calf auction just one week ago, today 400 - 500 lb new crop steer calves were fully steady, 500 - 600 lb calves 7.00 - 13.00 higher and 600 - 700 lb steers were 8.00 to 14.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb calves 6.00 to 10.00 higher and 600 - 700 lb calves as much as 9.00 higher. No comparison stated on any yearling cattle today given the light numbers. Available today were many groups of home-raised, green feeder calves both LTW'd and "just off the cow". Many opportunities for high quality replacement heifers also. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $455.79/cwt on 331 head. That ranks 4 of 19 comparable sales and sits −25.79 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$455.79

331 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$72.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.48

vs IA average

+25.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	457.31	2,511	324
Medium and Large 1-2	597	385.00	2,298	7thin

One grade step is worth $72.31/cwt here — about $213 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 sale331 hd

455.79

—

IA average10 barns · 1,828 hd

434.30

+21.48

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+25.16

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−25.79

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

49 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	394.47/cwt	385.00–410.50	2,580	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	301.60/cwt	298.00–305.00	2,452	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	458.50/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,884	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	673	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,238	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	595	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,463	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	413.18/cwt	399.00–445.00	2,190	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,904	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	400.38/cwt	385.00–430.00	2,282	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	846	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,699	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	360.08/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,265	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	415.52/cwt	393.00–434.50	2,597	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	876	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,453	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	348.11/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,301	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	436.58/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,096	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	766	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,654	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	309.55/cwt	307.00–311.00	2,439	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	515.69/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,171	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	289.67/cwt	282.50–295.00	2,543	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	661	399.74/cwt	388.00–406.00	2,642	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	511	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,581	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	746	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,760	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	640	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,208	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	723	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,437	30
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	3,005	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	757	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,256	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,918	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,130	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,298	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	369.07/cwt	355.00–382.50	2,137	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	616	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,544	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	613	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,146	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,244	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	330.65/cwt	313.00–331.75	3,125	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,960	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,656	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,024	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	476.72/cwt	467.00–490.00	2,488	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	492.00/cwt	491.00–495.00	2,263	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	493.68/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,330	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	361.09/cwt	357.00–367.50	2,445	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	417.98/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,981	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	448.87/cwt	434.00–463.00	2,554	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	648	401.50/cwt	401.50–401.50	2,602	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,896	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	365.18/cwt	339.00–386.00	2,826	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	398.99/cwt	374.00–407.00	2,845	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,336	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	334.67/cwt	331.00–337.00	2,406	63

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 Dec 11, 2025

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

Receipts 2,806Last week 2,641Year ago 2,999

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	421	510.00–525.00	515.69
60	450–500	472	470.00–505.00	493.68
85	500–550	522	467.00–490.00	476.72
172	550–600	569	434.00–463.00	448.87
188	600–650	625	393.00–434.50	415.52
95	650–700	654	385.00–410.50	394.47
102	700–750	713	374.00–407.00	398.99
69	750–800	774	339.00–386.00	365.18
4	850–900	896	310.00	310.00
68	900–950	945	313.00–331.75	330.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	460	491.00–495.00	492.00
40	500–550	522	447.50	447.50
12	550–600	595	414.00	414.00
26	600–650	648	401.50	401.50
9	650–700	673	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	750–800	766	346.50	346.50
7	800–850	846	319.00	319.00
6	850–900	876	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	511	505.00	505.00
11	600–650	616	413.00	413.00
49	650–700	661	388.00–406.00	399.74
12	700–750	746	370.00	370.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,022	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	757	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	597	385.00	385.00
10	600–650	641	350.00	350.00
13	650–700	677	357.00–367.50	361.09
8	700–750	746	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	613	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	480.00	480.00
48	400–450	411	445.00–475.00	458.50
45	450–500	480	425.00–450.00	436.58
93	500–550	530	399.00–445.00	413.18
114	550–600	570	385.00–430.00	400.38
106	600–650	629	350.00–375.00	360.08
64	650–700	661	340.00–360.00	348.11
63	700–750	719	331.00–337.00	334.67
11	750–800	788	307.00–311.00	309.55
16	800–850	813	298.00–305.00	301.60
7	850–900	878	282.50–295.00	289.67
7	950–1000	976	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	640	345.00	345.00
30	700–750	723	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	435.00	435.00
10	450–500	474	415.00–420.00	417.98
13	500–550	538	396.00	396.00
62	550–600	579	355.00–382.50	369.07
12	700–750	710	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	524	374.00	374.00

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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