Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder cattle were very uneven; from sharply lower to sharply higher depending upon the quality in each individual weight break. Feeder steer calves 400 -500 lbs were 3.00 to 7.00 higher with 600 -700 lbs calves fully steady with a lower undertone. All heifer weight breaks saw a low undertone. Available today were load lots of both yearling steers and lighter weight feeder calves along with many smaller packages. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. The next scheduled feeder calf auction is June 4.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $500.45/cwt on 167 head, down $1.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 19 comparable sales and sits +18.87 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$500.45

▼ 1.07 vs prior sale

167 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$34

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

$36.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.34

vs IA average

+25.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	501.77	2,746	161
Medium and Large 1-2	598	465.00	2,781	6thin

One grade step is worth $36.77/cwt here — about −$34 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 sale167 hd

500.45

—

IA average6 barns · 1,327 hd

500.11

+0.34

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

+25.97

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

+18.87

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

42 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	600–650	641	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,429	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	432.68/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,311	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,258	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,597	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,495	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	3,100	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,510	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,550	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,745	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,527	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	423.32/cwt	408.00–438.00	2,828	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	588.45/cwt	572.50–599.00	2,483	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	455.61/cwt	440.00–471.50	2,825	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	488.96/cwt	472.50–510.00	2,816	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	517.46/cwt	500.00–536.00	2,717	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,319	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,966	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	317.75/cwt	317.75–317.75	3,181	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	3,219	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	340.46/cwt	320.00–363.50	2,795	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	563.47/cwt	552.50–567.50	2,699	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	359.00/cwt	347.00–376.00	2,491	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	340.80/cwt	339.50–341.50	2,593	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	492.10/cwt	475.00–511.00	2,121	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	328.86/cwt	310.00–338.00	2,835	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	329.57/cwt	328.00–330.00	2,722	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,969	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	428.03/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,470	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	344.57/cwt	325.00–354.00	2,460	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	468.85/cwt	463.00–471.00	2,466	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	406.99/cwt	392.50–420.00	2,556	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	489.44/cwt	485.00–495.00	2,335	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	319.54/cwt	316.00–330.00	2,994	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	309.07/cwt	296.00–316.50	2,967	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	568.28/cwt	567.00–570.00	2,108	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,515	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	881	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,982	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	946	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,032	64

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 May 21, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	447.50	447.50
25	500–550	534	425.00–435.00	432.68
16	600–650	641	379.00	379.00
12	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	564	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	567.00–570.00	568.28
39	400–450	431	475.00–511.00	492.10
43	450–500	477	485.00–495.00	489.44
61	500–550	526	463.00–471.00	468.85
115	550–600	577	410.00–445.00	428.03
43	600–650	628	392.50–420.00	406.99
98	650–700	694	347.00–376.00	359.00
62	700–750	714	325.00–354.00	344.57
34	750–800	761	339.50–341.50	340.80
32	800–850	826	328.00–330.00	329.57
32	850–900	862	310.00–338.00	328.86
23	900–950	937	316.00–330.00	319.54
14	950–1000	960	296.00–316.50	309.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	426	530.00	530.00
6	550–600	598	465.00	465.00
4	650–700	684	370.00	370.00
12	700–750	718	347.50	347.50
4	750–800	793	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	590.00	590.00
10	400–450	422	572.50–599.00	588.45
23	450–500	479	552.50–567.50	563.47
67	500–550	525	500.00–536.00	517.46
75	550–600	576	472.50–510.00	488.96
126	600–650	620	440.00–471.50	455.61
65	650–700	668	408.00–438.00	423.32
7	700–750	726	409.00	409.00
18	750–800	751	395.00	395.00
43	800–850	821	320.00–363.50	340.46
57	850–900	877	367.00	367.00
9	900–950	905	342.50	342.50
58	1000–1050	1,001	317.75	317.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	432	585.00	585.00
19	500–550	513	497.00	497.00
12	600–650	602	456.00	456.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	850–900	881	338.50	338.50
64	900–950	946	320.50	320.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	729	345.00	345.00

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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