Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-08-15

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Aug 15
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
728 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 868▼ 638 vs year ago 1,366 · −46.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 600 -700 lb steer calves were 8.00 to 10.00 lower and 800 weight cattle were 6.00 - 9.00 lower. Heifers weighing 600 - 700 lb were 9.00 -12.00 lower. Today's small offering consisted of many small packages of both steers and heifers with several load lots available. Demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $288.96/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −191.39 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.
Average price
$288.96
14 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−4.10
vs IA average
+8.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556288.961,60614thin
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 sale14 hd
288.96
—
IA average3 barns · 131 hd
293.06
−4.10
National average153 barns · 6,707 hd
280.34
+8.62
This barn, trailing median13 sales
480.35
−191.39
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

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned496305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,51314
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530312.91/cwt308.00–318.001,6586
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,5588
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7083
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638296.84/cwt291.00–298.251,89420
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675285.37/cwt283.50–291.501,92690
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,9207
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2704254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7884
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726272.05/cwt271.00–279.501,975110
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788263.01/cwt252.00–267.502,073104
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2794246.20/cwt240.00–248.501,95511
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830254.50/cwt254.00–255.002,11220
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1881256.70/cwt254.50–257.002,26274
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1926235.50/cwt235.50–235.502,18130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4833
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575273.92/cwt269.00–282.001,57530
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6826
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678254.28/cwt248.00–260.001,72462
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730242.51/cwt242.00–243.001,77012
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,8525
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824230.48/cwt227.00–232.751,89918
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,9073
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,088150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6327
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned513275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4114

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.