Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction one week ago, the lighter weight steer calves were fully steady while 600 - 700 lb 10.00 to 14.00 higher and 700 - 800 lb cattle 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer trade was influenced by several consignments of high quality reputation replacement heifers; 600 - 700 lb calves 15.00 to 19.00 higher. Demand was very good with active internet bidding for today's moderate supply. The next scheduled feeder calf special auction is Feb 19.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $481.58/cwt on 202 head, down $0.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 19 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$481.58

▼ 0.70 vs prior sale

202 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$32.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.46

vs IA average

+3.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	485.66	2,785	177
Medium and Large 1-2	569	452.68	2,574	25

One grade step is worth $32.98/cwt here — about $211 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 sale202 hd

481.58

—

IA average8 barns · 991 hd

485.04

−3.46

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+3.19

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

+0.00

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

36 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	700–750	718	430.02/cwt	425.00–432.50	3,088	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	755	395.35/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,985	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	621	409.97/cwt	403.00–415.00	2,546	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,782	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	732	396.28/cwt	390.00–399.75	2,901	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	624	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,902	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	345.55/cwt	344.75–350.00	3,082	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	412.15/cwt	406.00–415.00	2,634	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	491.28/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,270	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	391.53/cwt	387.00–402.50	2,615	145
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,387	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	1,756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,160	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	442.64/cwt	430.00–471.00	2,311	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	428.10/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,474	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	399.64/cwt	383.00–405.50	2,845	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,512	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	362.45/cwt	350.00–371.00	2,755	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	484.42/cwt	466.00–493.00	2,800	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,245	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	491.22/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,549	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,146	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,299	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,111	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	577.06/cwt	560.00–590.00	2,522	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	519.54/cwt	508.00–555.00	2,530	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	460.73/cwt	460.00–464.00	2,820	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	364.14/cwt	350.00–366.50	2,975	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	386.59/cwt	375.50–388.00	3,008	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	437.54/cwt	417.50–454.00	2,932	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	449.60/cwt	440.00–462.00	2,581	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,312	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,391	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,544	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	399.04/cwt	392.00–413.00	2,769	9

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 12, 2026

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

Receipts 2,228Last week 2,231Year ago 952

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
124	600–650	621	403.00–415.00	409.97
46	700–750	718	425.00–432.50	430.02
65	750–800	755	390.00–425.00	395.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	506.00	506.00
6	400–450	406	520.00	520.00
41	450–500	462	475.00–500.00	491.28
61	500–550	522	430.00–471.00	442.64
118	550–600	578	420.00–430.00	428.10
32	600–650	639	406.00–415.00	412.15
145	650–700	668	387.00–402.50	391.53
14	700–750	728	345.00	345.00
17	750–800	760	350.00–371.00	362.45
6	1050–1100	1,057	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	425.00	425.00
3	600–650	617	387.50	387.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	550–600	570	488.00	488.00
38	600–650	624	465.00	465.00
213	700–750	732	390.00–399.75	396.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	580.00	580.00
30	400–450	437	560.00–590.00	577.06
31	450–500	487	508.00–555.00	519.54
7	500–550	519	480.00–500.00	491.22
122	550–600	578	466.00–493.00	484.42
33	600–650	612	460.00–464.00	460.73
107	650–700	670	417.50–454.00	437.54
110	700–750	712	383.00–405.50	399.64
79	750–800	778	375.50–388.00	386.59
72	800–850	817	350.00–366.50	364.14
127	850–900	892	344.75–350.00	345.55
8	900–950	904	348.00	348.00
14	1000–1050	1,031	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	547	465.00	465.00
20	550–600	574	440.00–462.00	449.60
9	650–700	694	392.00–413.00	399.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	468	510.00	510.00
3	900–950	942	285.00	285.00

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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