Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction just one week ago steer calves under 650 lb were 6.00 to 11.00 higher with cattle heavier than 700 lb mostly steady to 7.00 higher. Heifer trade saw feeder calves under 600 lb were 10.00 to 18.00 higher with a light test on heavier weight cattle. Today's consignments consisted of load lots and many smaller packages of quality, green, double vaccinated and LTW'd home raised feeder calves. Many opportunities for replacement heifers with no implants were available today. Internet bidding was very active today. Demand was very good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.54/cwt on 131 head, up $11.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 19 comparable sales and sits +4.97 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$486.54

▲ 11.36 vs prior sale

131 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$14.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.21

vs IA average

−0.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	487.46	2,815	123
Medium and Large 1-2	561	472.50	2,651	8thin

One grade step is worth $14.96/cwt here — about $164 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 sale131 hd

486.54

—

IA average6 barns · 595 hd

482.33

+4.21

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−0.48

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

+4.97

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

39 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	Large 1	1050–1100	1,093	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,181	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	490	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,573	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	765	397.91/cwt	397.00–398.25	3,044	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	690	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,663	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	534	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,350	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	611	412.29/cwt	407.50–415.00	2,519	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	374.34/cwt	359.00–385.00	2,699	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,683	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,740	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,295	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	404.33/cwt	404.00–405.00	2,406	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	467.82/cwt	430.00–488.00	2,175	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	416.53/cwt	395.00–421.00	2,978	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	434.01/cwt	428.00–444.00	2,964	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	479.67/cwt	475.50–495.00	2,820	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,145	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	583.38/cwt	575.00–595.00	2,427	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	596.56/cwt	580.00–612.50	2,333	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	334.45/cwt	331.00–336.00	3,080	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	521.32/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,773	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	421.64/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,079	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	404.00/cwt	403.00–405.00	2,812	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,680	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	348.58/cwt	347.50–352.50	3,054	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	504.45/cwt	500.00–507.50	1,937	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	314.73/cwt	307.00–325.00	2,795	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,742	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,348	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,858	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,570	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,830	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,554	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	382.90/cwt	370.00–392.50	2,952	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,272	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	358.80/cwt	357.50–360.50	2,978	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,909	7

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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 1,096Last week 981Year ago 2,447

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1050–1100	1,093	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	534	440.00	440.00
37	600–650	611	407.50–415.00	412.29
50	650–700	690	386.00	386.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	384	500.00–507.50	504.45
4	400–450	440	487.50	487.50
19	450–500	465	430.00–488.00	467.82
11	500–550	505	465.00	465.00
12	550–600	595	404.00–405.00	404.33
3	600–650	608	335.00	335.00
10	650–700	674	379.00	379.00
35	700–750	721	359.00–385.00	374.34
5	750–800	789	340.00	340.00
8	800–850	826	332.00	332.00
7	850–900	888	307.00–325.00	314.73
5	900–950	913	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	493	420.00–425.00	421.64
5	500–550	541	420.00	420.00
5	700–750	730	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	490	525.00	525.00
84	750–800	765	397.00–398.25	397.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	500.00	500.00
8	350–400	391	580.00–612.50	596.56
7	400–450	416	575.00–595.00	583.38
7	450–500	462	580.00	580.00
23	500–550	532	520.00–530.00	521.32
100	550–600	588	475.50–495.00	479.67
7	600–650	615	473.00	473.00
82	650–700	683	428.00–444.00	434.01
74	700–750	715	395.00–421.00	416.53
69	750–800	771	370.00–392.50	382.90
41	800–850	830	357.50–360.50	358.80
45	850–900	876	347.50–352.50	348.58
13	900–950	921	331.00–336.00	334.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	546	480.00	480.00
4	550–600	576	465.00	465.00
8	650–700	696	403.00–405.00	404.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	459	500.00	500.00
8	550–600	566	500.00	500.00

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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