Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction last week 500 - 600 lb steer feeder calves were fully steady, 600 - 650 lb 7.00 to 11.00 higher with a light test on heavier cattle. Heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb feeder calves 9.00 to 12.00 higher with heavier cattle fully steady. Demand was very good with active internet bidding. Today's moderate offering consisted of several large consignments of home-raised, reputation feeders and many smaller packages. The next scheduled feeder auction is Feb. 5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.87/cwt on 141 head, down $1.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 19 comparable sales and sits −5.71 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$475.87

▼ 1.61 vs prior sale

141 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,718

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.67

vs IA average

−8.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	475.87	2,718	141

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale141 hd

475.87

—

IA average8 barns · 1,005 hd

470.19

+5.67

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−8.23

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−5.71

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

32 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	700–750	737	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	417.35/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,400	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	578	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,757	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	373.81/cwt	365.00–383.00	2,527	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	474.90/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,071	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,871	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,495	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	337.75/cwt	337.75–337.75	3,232	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,456	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,429	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,429	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	484	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,638	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	691	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,944	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	468.20/cwt	461.00–476.00	2,702	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	502.02/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,380	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,310	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,726	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	417.80/cwt	408.00–426.00	2,874	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	355.89/cwt	342.00–381.00	2,794	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	445.49/cwt	444.00–450.00	2,793	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,457	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,448	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	487.13/cwt	471.00–499.00	2,582	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	327.71/cwt	327.50–328.00	3,035	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,785	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	470.28/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,182	49
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,144	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,974	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	375.18/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,679	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	789	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,643	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	543	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,378	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	699	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,674	27

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 1,097Last week 2,515Year ago 2,859

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	612	377.50	377.50
10	650–700	694	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	737	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	347	497.50	497.50
5	350–400	378	495.00	495.00
12	400–450	436	465.00–480.00	474.90
49	450–500	464	455.00–475.00	470.28
4	500–550	528	460.00	460.00
43	550–600	575	415.00–420.00	417.35
21	600–650	607	411.00	411.00
53	650–700	676	365.00–383.00	373.81
37	700–750	714	360.00–377.50	375.18
4	750–800	750	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1100–1150	1,144	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	789	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	500–550	543	438.00	438.00
27	650–700	699	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	484	545.00	545.00
82	550–600	578	477.00	477.00
51	650–700	691	426.00	426.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	388	460.00	460.00
27	400–450	445	550.00	550.00
35	450–500	474	480.00–540.00	502.02
19	500–550	530	471.00–499.00	487.13
40	550–600	577	461.00–476.00	468.20
31	600–650	627	444.00–450.00	445.49
83	650–700	688	408.00–426.00	417.80
69	750–800	785	342.00–381.00	355.89
12	900–950	926	327.50–328.00	327.71
56	950–1000	957	337.75	337.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	634	387.50	387.50
16	650–700	655	375.00	375.00

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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