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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jun 6

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

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Receipts

1,031 head

▼ 1,432 vs last sale 2,463▼ 1,107 vs year ago 2,138 · −51.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 500 -600 lb steer calves trended 2.00 to 6.00 lower and 700 - 800 lb yearlings were 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifer trade for 500 - 600 lb calves was 6.00 - 10.00 higher and 700 - 800 lb cattle were steady to 4.00 lower. Load lots available today for quality yearling cattle. Demand was good for today's moderate offering. Trade was active.

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 $289.68/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −138.75 against this barn's trailing median of $428.43.

Average price

$289.68

90 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$32.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.86

vs IA average

+16.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	292.57	1,592	82
Medium and Large 1-2	560	260.00	1,456	8thin

One grade step is worth $32.57/cwt here — about $136 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 sale90 hd

289.68

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IA average6 barns · 580 hd

287.81

+1.86

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

+16.65

This barn, trailing median13 sales

428.43

−138.75

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $451.61, low $364.75, median $428.43 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

22 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	385.76/cwt	376.00–390.00	1,474	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	339.30/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,408	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,716	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	335.68/cwt	322.50–345.50	1,819	53
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	331.83/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,868	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	279.00/cwt	277.00–282.00	1,671	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	302.15/cwt	297.00–306.00	1,901	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	278.52/cwt	261.00–287.00	1,897	94
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	274.11/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,968	85
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,805	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	363.14/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,169	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,318	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,428	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	320.08/cwt	302.00–328.00	1,492	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	308.61/cwt	294.00–320.00	1,580	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	280.02/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,593	46
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	260.67/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,611	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	632	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,732	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	254.59/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,744	99
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	250.85/cwt	230.00–253.50	1,826	109
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	238.28/cwt	237.50–242.00	1,875	39

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Thu Jun 6, 2024

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

Receipts 1,031Last week 2,463Year ago 2,138

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	632	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	322	360.00–365.00	363.14
17	350–400	382	345.00	345.00
17	400–450	408	350.00	350.00
29	450–500	466	302.00–328.00	320.08
36	500–550	512	294.00–320.00	308.61
46	550–600	569	270.00–290.00	280.02
62	600–650	618	251.00–270.00	260.67
99	650–700	685	230.00–256.00	254.59
109	700–750	728	230.00–253.50	250.85
39	750–800	787	237.50–242.00	238.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	560	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	382	376.00–390.00	385.76
7	400–450	415	335.00–345.00	339.30
24	450–500	474	362.00	362.00
53	500–550	542	322.50–345.50	335.68
26	550–600	563	330.00–335.00	331.83
30	600–650	629	297.00–306.00	302.15
94	650–700	681	261.00–287.00	278.52
85	700–750	718	250.00–277.00	274.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	599	277.00–282.00	279.00
5	700–750	725	249.00	249.00

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.