Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous feeder auction was 30 days ago. Demand was good for today's light offering. Available today were load lots of reputation, green feeder cattle. Trade was active. The next scheduled feeder calf auction is August 27.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.15/cwt on 13 head, down $73.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −52.43 against this barn's trailing median of $428.59.

Average price

$376.15

▼ 73.72 vs prior sale

13 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$0

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

$1.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.91

vs IA average

+9.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	376.50	2,010	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	536	375.00	2,010	3thin

One grade step is worth $1.50/cwt here — about −$0 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $451.61, low $376.15, median $428.59 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 sale13 hd

376.15

—

IA average3 barns · 197 hd

403.07

−26.91

National average162 barns · 7,051 hd

366.69

+9.46

This barn, trailing median19 sales

428.59

−52.43

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

18 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	400–450	443	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,960	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,031	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	335.21/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,424	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	318.65/cwt	300.00–328.00	2,763	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,630	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,870	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,454	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,339	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,840	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,971	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	3,038	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	315.69/cwt	315.50–316.00	2,949	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,273	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,010	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,281	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,266	3

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 Aug 13, 2026

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

Receipts 494Last week 762Year ago 520

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	405.00	405.00
6	500–550	511	397.50	397.50
4	550–600	568	345.00	345.00
83	650–700	651	377.00	377.00
6	700–750	723	325.00–345.00	335.21
16	750–800	785	335.00	335.00
65	800–850	827	347.00	347.00
12	850–900	867	300.00–328.00	318.65
35	900–950	934	315.50–316.00	315.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	536	375.00	375.00
11	650–700	654	347.50	347.50
3	700–750	730	312.50	312.50
3	750–800	795	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	514	455.00	455.00
7	650–700	650	377.50	377.50
57	800–850	816	348.00	348.00
64	850–900	850	349.50	349.50
64	900–950	900	337.50	337.50

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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