Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NEW YEAR'S DAY SPECIAL FEEDER CALF AUCTION - - Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago, today 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 10,00 to 12.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb were 7.00 to 13.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb calves 11.00 to 25.00 higher while 600 - 700 lb calves 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Quality ran very deep in today's heavy offering from reputation herds with all feeder calves long time weaned and double vaccinated. Available today were loads lots, smaller packages and many replacement heifer opportunities. Demand was very good. The next scheduled feeder calf special sale is Jan 8.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $453.53/cwt on 135 head, up $5.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 19 comparable sales and sits −28.05 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$453.53

▲ 5.15 vs prior sale

135 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$234

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

$27.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.98

vs IA average

+1.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	457.38	2,612	116
Medium and Large 1-2	553	430.00	2,378	19thin

One grade step is worth $27.38/cwt here — about $234 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale135 hd

453.53

—

IA average2 barns · 332 hd

451.55

+1.98

National average24 barns · 3,960 hd

452.16

+1.37

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−28.05

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

33 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	700–750	727	340.04/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,472	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	366.84/cwt	343.00–382.50	2,465	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,158	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	523.58/cwt	500.00–560.00	2,283	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,133	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	325.84/cwt	315.00–336.00	2,819	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	329.55/cwt	323.00–331.00	2,712	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	454.77/cwt	443.00–476.00	2,619	104
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,267	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	388.82/cwt	377.00–400.00	2,438	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,149	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,534	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	423.84/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,628	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	330.77/cwt	325.00–332.00	3,109	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	349.00/cwt	337.50–357.00	3,050	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,378	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	329.10/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,172	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	446.95/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,908	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	361.24/cwt	352.00–371.50	2,825	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	382.77/cwt	376.00–403.00	2,744	282
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,040	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	369.34/cwt	367.00–371.00	2,696	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,653	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	513.50/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,429	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	333.40/cwt	320.00–355.00	2,564	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	411.70/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,301	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	361.81/cwt	340.00–368.00	2,312	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	369.50/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,206	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	365.19/cwt	311.00–397.50	2,268	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	400.27/cwt	391.50–410.00	2,726	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	356.04/cwt	348.00–363.00	2,934	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	417.19/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,224	67

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 Jan 1, 2026

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

Receipts 3,085Last week 2,766Year ago 3,860

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	495.00	495.00
4	450–500	496	430.00	430.00
67	500–550	533	400.00–425.00	417.19
83	550–600	559	397.50–420.00	411.70
99	600–650	627	377.00–400.00	388.82
210	650–700	672	343.00–382.50	366.84
178	700–750	727	330.00–355.00	340.04
72	750–800	769	320.00–355.00	333.40
98	800–850	823	323.00–331.00	329.55
34	850–900	865	315.00–336.00	325.84
3	950–1000	960	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	427	445.00–450.00	446.95
4	500–550	523	390.00	390.00
49	550–600	597	365.00–370.00	369.50
22	600–650	639	340.00–368.00	361.81
13	650–700	660	320.00–340.00	329.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	436	500.00–560.00	523.58
28	450–500	473	500.00–520.00	513.50
12	500–550	528	480.00	480.00
104	550–600	576	443.00–476.00	454.77
32	600–650	620	410.00–440.00	423.84
125	650–700	681	391.50–410.00	400.27
282	700–750	717	376.00–403.00	382.77
205	750–800	782	352.00–371.50	361.24
144	800–850	824	348.00–363.00	356.04
80	850–900	874	337.50–357.00	349.00
79	900–950	940	325.00–332.00	330.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	553	430.00	430.00
16	600–650	621	311.00–397.50	365.19
12	650–700	682	389.00	389.00
14	700–750	730	367.00–371.00	369.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	621	365.00	365.00

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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