Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Special Feeder Cattle Sale one week ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves today were 8.00 - 15.00 higher, 700 - 800 lb mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Lighter weight heifer calves were as much as 20.00 higher with 600 - 700 lb calves steady to 12.00 higher. Many opportunities for quality reputation replacement heifers. Available today were load lots or smaller packages of green, LTW'd, double vaccinated, quality feeder calves. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Internet bidding active. The next scheduled special feeder calf auction is Jan 22.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.85/cwt on 218 head, up $11.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 19 comparable sales and sits +4.27 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$485.85

▲ 11.68 vs prior sale

218 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$74

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

$3.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.51

vs IA average

+13.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	489.22	2,632	17thin
Medium and Large 1	557	485.57	2,706	201

One grade step is worth $3.65/cwt here — about −$74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale218 hd

485.85

—

IA average9 barns · 1,707 hd

472.34

+13.51

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+13.87

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

+4.27

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

30 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 1-2	550–600	583	388.83/cwt	370.00–401.00	2,267	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	359.02/cwt	342.50–366.00	2,301	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	438.35/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,933	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	393.29/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,104	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	390.36/cwt	389.50–392.50	2,678	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,618	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	517.41/cwt	515.00–518.00	2,566	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	489.22/cwt	489.00–490.00	2,632	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	328.11/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,553	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,672	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	442.65/cwt	430.00–453.00	2,762	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	357.65/cwt	335.00–361.00	2,986	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	349.14/cwt	337.00–352.50	3,006	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	534.30/cwt	525.00–555.00	2,490	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	420.41/cwt	402.00–438.50	2,821	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	387.45/cwt	370.00–393.00	2,840	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	396.06/cwt	370.00–407.50	2,467	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	530.73/cwt	515.00–540.00	2,670	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,337	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,970	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	327.83/cwt	327.00–329.00	2,593	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	483.31/cwt	460.00–505.00	2,054	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	422.23/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,402	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	439.78/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,265	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	442.41/cwt	436.00–455.00	2,119	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	343.73/cwt	325.00–354.00	2,526	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	373.72/cwt	345.00–384.00	2,500	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	472.54/cwt	462.50–499.50	2,708	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	379.11/cwt	357.00–393.00	2,889	184

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 15, 2026

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

Receipts 3,115Last week 4,038Year ago 3,780

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	441	435.00–440.00	438.35
7	500–550	535	385.00–405.00	393.29
19	550–600	583	370.00–401.00	388.83
16	600–650	641	342.50–366.00	359.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	425	460.00–505.00	483.31
85	450–500	479	436.00–455.00	442.41
77	500–550	515	435.00–445.00	439.78
75	550–600	569	405.00–440.00	422.23
117	600–650	623	370.00–407.50	396.06
309	650–700	669	345.00–384.00	373.72
95	700–750	735	325.00–354.00	343.73
12	750–800	791	327.00–329.00	327.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	496	515.00–518.00	517.41
17	500–550	538	489.00–490.00	489.22
25	600–650	627	417.50	417.50
26	650–700	686	389.50–392.50	390.36
4	700–750	701	355.00	355.00
14	750–800	778	325.00–340.00	328.11
9	800–850	816	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	610.00	610.00
8	400–450	403	580.00	580.00
48	450–500	466	525.00–555.00	534.30
45	500–550	503	515.00–540.00	530.73
156	550–600	573	462.50–499.50	472.54
134	600–650	624	430.00–453.00	442.65
315	650–700	671	402.00–438.50	420.41
275	700–750	733	370.00–393.00	387.45
184	750–800	762	357.00–393.00	379.11
97	800–850	835	335.00–361.00	357.65
66	850–900	861	337.00–352.50	349.14

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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