Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction one week ago, 400 - 450 lb steer feeders were as much as 20.00 higher, 500 - 600 lb 5.00 to 12.00 higher and 600 -700lb steer calves 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer trade today saw 400 - 500 lb feeders 10.00 to 14.00 higher with 600 - 700 lb fully steady. Today's consignments consisted of many load lots and smaller packages of home raised, green, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade very active. The next scheduled feeder auction is Feb 12.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $482.28/cwt on 219 head, up $6.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 19 comparable sales and sits +0.70 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$482.28

▲ 6.41 vs prior sale

219 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$22.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.33

vs IA average

−0.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	483.18	2,705	210
Medium and Large 1-2	565	461.06	2,603	9thin

One grade step is worth $22.13/cwt here — about $103 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 sale219 hd

482.28

—

IA average3 barns · 658 hd

478.94

+3.33

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−0.75

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

+0.70

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

35 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 1Fancy	500–550	500	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,335	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	668	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,605	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	622	424.45/cwt	400.00–437.50	2,640	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	729	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,909	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	760	384.25/cwt	384.25–384.25	2,920	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	638	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,871	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	378.86/cwt	360.00–391.50	2,929	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	430.01/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,460	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	470.36/cwt	455.00–489.00	2,780	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	819	358.60/cwt	357.50–360.00	2,937	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,836	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	405.37/cwt	393.00–414.00	2,489	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	495.53/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,626	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	453.39/cwt	440.00–468.10	2,371	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,805	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	533.75/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,551	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	851	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	3,144	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	442.70/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,820	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	359.67/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,906	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	361.96/cwt	357.00–376.00	2,621	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	480.66/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,288	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	423.32/cwt	411.00–450.00	2,836	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	350.61/cwt	347.50–355.00	3,040	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,440	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	587.04/cwt	565.00–596.00	2,471	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	393.88/cwt	360.00–407.50	2,639	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	391.80/cwt	380.50–401.00	2,872	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,257	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	423.56/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,236	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,358	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	499.72/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,209	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	372.46/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,477	41

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 Feb 5, 2026

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

Receipts 2,231Last week 1,097Year ago 1,638

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	500	467.00	467.00
48	600–650	622	400.00–437.50	424.45
36	650–700	668	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	442	490.00–510.00	499.72
49	450–500	476	475.00–490.00	480.66
41	500–550	523	440.00–468.10	453.39
95	550–600	572	420.00–445.00	430.01
69	600–650	614	393.00–414.00	405.37
41	650–700	665	360.00–395.00	372.46
41	700–750	724	357.00–376.00	361.96
40	750–800	758	370.00	370.00
14	800–850	822	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	496	455.00	455.00
9	500–550	528	415.00–430.00	423.56
5	550–600	575	410.00	410.00
12	700–750	723	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	600–650	638	450.00	450.00
33	700–750	729	399.00	399.00
30	750–800	760	384.25	384.25
73	850–900	851	369.50	369.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	421	565.00–596.00	587.04
28	450–500	478	510.00–550.00	533.75
107	500–550	530	485.00–510.00	495.53
103	550–600	591	455.00–489.00	470.36
117	600–650	637	420.00–455.00	442.70
170	650–700	670	411.00–450.00	423.32
62	700–750	733	380.50–401.00	391.80
58	750–800	773	360.00–391.50	378.86
126	800–850	808	355.00–370.00	359.67
12	850–900	867	347.50–355.00	350.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	800–850	819	357.50–360.00	358.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	549	478.00	478.00
5	550–600	577	447.50	447.50
27	650–700	670	360.00–407.50	393.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	592	397.50	397.50

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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