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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Oct 8

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Sep 24Oct 8Oct 22 →

Receipts

988 head

▼ 495 vs last sale 1,483▼ 719 vs year ago 1,707 · −42.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Harvest season is beginning after a wet spell. Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, steers, though not well compared, sold with a higher undertone. Heifer sold mostly 4.00 to 15.00 higher, although not well compared. Available today were a few load lots of green yearling steers and heifers from reputation farms. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. Two consignors brought nearly 500 head total. Active internet bidding. The next scheduled feeder cattle special is October 22.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $364.75/cwt on 112 head, down $5.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −65.45 against this barn's trailing median of $430.20.

Average price

$364.75

▼ 5.85 vs prior sale

112 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$25.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.55

vs IA average

−3.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	367.99	1,999	98
Medium and Large 1-2	547	342.06	1,872	14thin

One grade step is worth $25.94/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale112 hd

364.75

—

IA average3 barns · 313 hd

369.31

−4.55

National average187 barns · 16,614 hd

367.91

−3.16

This barn, trailing median14 sales

430.20

−65.45

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $451.61, low $364.75, median $430.20 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

33 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	382	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,034	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,131	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	464.09/cwt	462.50–467.50	2,191	45
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,161	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	393.07/cwt	386.00–401.00	2,040	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,270	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	411.60/cwt	393.00–427.00	2,371	128
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,278	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,488	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,214	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,519	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	366.22/cwt	355.50–394.00	2,538	48
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	355.73/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,529	33
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,663	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,634	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	330.75/cwt	330.75–330.75	2,911	65
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	308.94/cwt	302.00–314.00	2,852	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	454.07/cwt	438.00–459.00	1,889	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	438	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,807	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	389.50/cwt	382.50–395.00	1,846	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	1,962	57
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	347.09/cwt	330.00–356.00	1,812	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	356.17/cwt	344.00–366.00	2,044	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,975	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	342.41/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,089	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	334.88/cwt	321.00–341.00	2,204	39
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	2,253	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,545	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	310.91/cwt	304.50–314.75	2,549	41
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,472	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	297.75/cwt	297.75–297.75	2,724	62
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	294.25/cwt	294.25–294.25	2,819	120
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,020	285.19/cwt	264.00–286.75	2,909	59

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 Oct 8, 2026

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

Receipts 988Last week 1,483Year ago 1,707

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	444	480.00	480.00
45	450–500	472	462.50–467.50	464.09
128	550–600	576	393.00–427.00	411.60
11	600–650	601	414.00	414.00
48	650–700	693	355.50–394.00	366.22
33	700–750	711	350.00–358.00	355.73
8	750–800	772	345.00	345.00
5	800–850	839	314.00	314.00
65	850–900	880	330.75	330.75
7	900–950	923	302.00–314.00	308.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	382	532.50	532.50
15	450–500	475	455.00	455.00
11	500–550	528	430.00	430.00
25	600–650	625	403.00	403.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	519	386.00–401.00	393.07
6	550–600	598	381.00	381.00
11	600–650	615	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	416	438.00–459.00	454.07
7	450–500	474	382.50–395.00	389.50
57	500–550	521	376.50	376.50
41	550–600	574	344.00–366.00	356.17
19	600–650	610	330.00–347.00	342.41
39	650–700	658	321.00–341.00	334.88
4	700–750	703	320.50	320.50
20	750–800	770	330.50	330.50
41	800–850	820	304.50–314.75	310.91
4	850–900	851	290.50	290.50
62	900–950	915	297.75	297.75
120	950–1000	958	294.25	294.25
59	1000–1050	1,020	264.00–286.75	285.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	438	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	522	330.00–356.00	347.09
5	550–600	593	333.00	333.00

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.