Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 5.00 to 8.00 lower, 600 - 700 lbs calves were fully steady. Heifer trade also saw a fully steady market across all weight classes. Available today were many groups of home - raised, reputation feeder calves both LTW'd and just off the cow. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Internet bidding very active. The next scheduled feeder calf auction is New Year's Day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.37/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −33.20 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$448.37

223 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$40.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.45

vs IA average

+4.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	454.03	2,535	192
Medium and Large 1-2	596	413.35	2,464	31

One grade step is worth $40.68/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale223 hd

448.37

—

IA average4 barns · 413 hd

437.93

+10.45

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+4.27

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−33.20

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

43 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	285.68/cwt	282.50–287.50	2,891	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	583	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,245	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	658	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,718	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	564	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,577	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	673	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,389	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	543	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,270	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	431.48/cwt	429.00–433.00	1,817	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	366.99/cwt	349.00–386.00	2,844	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	363.94/cwt	342.50–379.00	2,318	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	321.72/cwt	317.50–325.00	2,493	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	467.71/cwt	445.00–479.00	2,521	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	320.73/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,649	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	596	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,062	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	370.72/cwt	361.50–380.00	2,662	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	416.75/cwt	397.50–429.00	2,188	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	409.57/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,937	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	400.18/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,285	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	423.20/cwt	400.00–438.00	1,650	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	511.18/cwt	480.00–532.50	2,173	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	414.21/cwt	397.00–419.00	2,626	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,687	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	359.63/cwt	340.00–381.00	2,424	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	476.18/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,238	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	313.29/cwt	252.50–329.00	2,143	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	366.42/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,286	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	324.87/cwt	320.00–348.00	2,690	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,386	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	327.08/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,309	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	319.49/cwt	315.00–320.50	2,486	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,115	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	392.64/cwt	373.00–405.00	2,678	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	444.67/cwt	417.00–457.50	2,530	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,288	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,153	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	635	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,400	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	413.35/cwt	412.00–415.00	2,464	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	405.56/cwt	405.00–406.00	1,703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	352.86/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,990	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,969	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	364.09/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,487	26

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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 2,766Last week 2,806Year ago 3,043

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,012	282.50–287.50	285.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	500–550	543	418.00	418.00
14	550–600	583	385.00	385.00
48	600–650	635	378.00	378.00
15	650–700	673	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	390	400.00–438.00	423.20
16	400–450	421	429.00–433.00	431.48
41	450–500	473	390.00–425.00	409.57
103	500–550	525	397.50–429.00	416.75
110	550–600	571	395.00–411.00	400.18
173	600–650	637	342.50–379.00	363.94
208	650–700	674	340.00–381.00	359.63
24	700–750	706	325.00–335.00	327.08
7	750–800	775	317.50–325.00	321.72
20	800–850	826	315.00–325.00	320.73
4	900–950	935	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	375.00	375.00
7	550–600	596	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	564	340.00–365.00	352.86
13	600–650	636	332.50	332.50
29	650–700	684	252.50–329.00	313.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	564	457.00	457.00
47	650–700	658	413.00	413.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	304	555.00	555.00
7	350–400	395	545.00	545.00
26	400–450	425	480.00–532.50	511.18
26	450–500	470	465.00–485.00	476.18
63	500–550	539	445.00–479.00	467.71
101	550–600	569	417.00–457.50	444.67
71	600–650	634	397.00–419.00	414.21
146	650–700	682	373.00–405.00	392.64
133	700–750	718	361.50–380.00	370.72
87	750–800	775	349.00–386.00	366.99
47	800–850	828	320.00–348.00	324.87
5	850–900	852	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	420	405.00–406.00	405.56
31	550–600	596	412.00–415.00	413.35
9	600–650	624	360.00–375.00	366.42
26	650–700	683	360.00–368.00	364.09
49	750–800	778	315.00–320.50	319.49
4	850–900	875	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	604	395.00	395.00
13	650–700	678	337.50	337.50

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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