Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-07-18

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jul 18
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
786 head
▼ 245 vs last sale 1,031▼ 488 vs year ago 1,274 · −38.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison made today as there is no recent reported sale. In today's moderate offering, many quality green, long - time weaned, vaccinated feeder cattle were available. Trade was active. Demand was very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.48/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −132.94 against this barn's trailing median of $428.43.
Average price
$295.48
42 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.99
vs IA average
+37.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533295.481,57642
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 sale42 hd
295.48
—
IA average2 barns · 145 hd
283.50
+11.99
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
+37.68
This barn, trailing median13 sales
428.43
−132.94
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
466427389351median 428.4303/1204/2306/0409/1010/22
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

24 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465347.45/cwt345.00–350.001,6168
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525344.99/cwt335.00–350.001,81121
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7807
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1593319.04/cwt311.00–334.001,89229
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,9569
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,8797
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722283.81/cwt273.00–286.502,04925
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764276.63/cwt264.00–280.002,11370
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,07110
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1887265.75/cwt265.75–265.752,35765
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1977227.52/cwt226.00–229.002,2236
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1391327.38/cwt320.00–335.001,2806
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416328.92/cwt327.00–330.001,3688
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474313.30/cwt305.00–317.001,48517
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515301.57/cwt300.00–305.001,55332
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1592276.01/cwt270.00–282.001,63410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630295.56/cwt282.00–306.001,862187
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,7635
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1692274.11/cwt257.00–275.001,89777
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717250.53/cwt237.00–253.001,79639
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1763248.71/cwt241.00–252.001,89844
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1924228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,10711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2604285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7218
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2773230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7784

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.