Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2026-09-10

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Sep 10
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,450 head
▲ 956 vs last sale 494▼ 1,112 vs year ago 2,562 · −43.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

ANNUAL CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BBQ SALE. No comparison stated today as the last reported feeder auction was in mid August. Available today were many load lots of home raised, reputation yearling steers and heifers coming off grass along with a selection of new crop feeder calves. Demand was very good to today's moderate supply along with active internet bidding.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $416.28/cwt on 82 head, down $36.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −64.07 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.
Average price
$416.28
▼ 36.18 vs prior sale
82 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,313
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IA average
+25.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556416.282,31382
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale82 hd
416.28
—
IA average1 barns · 82 hd
416.28
+0.00
National average134 barns · 6,067 hd
390.59
+25.69
This barn, trailing median13 sales
480.35
−64.07
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

13 sales
528481435388median 480.3503/1204/2306/0409/1010/22
Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $402.05, median $480.35 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

31 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327522.50/cwt522.50–522.501,7097
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned379529.85/cwt511.00–542.502,00813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425496.51/cwt487.50–512.502,11036
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465471.19/cwt452.50–482.502,19143
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497441.98/cwt430.50–445.002,19748
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510434.43/cwt415.00–440.002,21614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565412.54/cwt401.00–420.002,33168
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned626385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,41045
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634371.07/cwt361.00–378.252,35319
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663378.06/cwt370.00–382.502,50742
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,4605
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735343.66/cwt342.00–354.002,52622
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778347.90/cwt338.75–359.752,707255
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2792315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4955
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1838332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,78610
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1871332.52/cwt328.50–337.252,896143
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1953324.75/cwt324.75–324.753,09554
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4183
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned341435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4837
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427440.89/cwt434.00–455.001,88368
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned430457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,96716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463422.55/cwt410.00–431.001,95617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527389.41/cwt380.00–397.002,05225
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569387.73/cwt368.00–397.002,20664
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583354.63/cwt345.00–366.002,06713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607353.88/cwt347.00–356.002,14826
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1714334.55/cwt330.50–338.502,389100
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782319.09/cwt316.50–319.502,49582
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1817325.39/cwt319.00–326.002,65847
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,5223
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1992294.50/cwt294.50–294.502,9216

This sale against other markets

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.