Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-09-12

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Sep 12
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
3,301 head
▲ 2,272 vs last sale 1,029▲ 399 vs year ago 2,902 · +13.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Feeder Cattle Auction - - - No comparison stated today given a much smaller offering 2 weeks ago. However, available today were many load lots of quality, green, off grass yearling steers and heifers. Also, several strings of reputation, off the cow, home raised, vaccinated feeder steers and heifers. Supply today was heavy. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.63/cwt on 213 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −180.71 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.
Average price
$299.63
213 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.18
vs IA average
+31.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564300.031,691209
Medium and Large 1-2554279.001,5464thin
One grade step is worth $21.03/cwt here — about $146 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale213 hd
299.63
—
IA average6 barns · 1,975 hd
294.46
+5.18
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
+31.43
This barn, trailing median13 sales
480.35
−180.71
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

46 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned383332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2736
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned447341.69/cwt341.00–343.001,52723
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned466326.18/cwt320.00–332.001,52024
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469335.50/cwt335.50–335.501,57315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3696
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526310.14/cwt309.00–311.001,63164
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned554279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5464
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,66514
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned581296.16/cwt291.00–312.001,721131
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631285.84/cwt283.50–291.501,80420
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned631270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7045
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662276.33/cwt260.00–289.001,82975
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,7665
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned681254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,73019
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy688284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,95468
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712273.62/cwt260.00–282.001,94880
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy765263.42/cwt253.50–266.252,01589
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776257.99/cwt247.00–263.002,002381
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy806259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,08863
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827249.63/cwt244.00–250.002,06479
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872246.01/cwt237.50–250.252,145239
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2900205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8454
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1903236.25/cwt228.00–238.002,13379
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy917218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,99910
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1987232.39/cwt221.00–233.752,29455
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1394270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0647
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned431309.28/cwt308.00–312.001,33326
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461282.72/cwt282.00–285.001,30345
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,36023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519283.00/cwt270.00–293.001,46982
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,46620
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,55145
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571271.48/cwt267.00–276.001,55083
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,53913
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643255.07/cwt245.50–259.251,640143
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664253.37/cwt252.50–253.501,682105
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5698
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy713242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,72946
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738238.21/cwt236.00–243.001,758114
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1764228.04/cwt222.25–238.501,74264
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy779238.81/cwt238.50–239.001,86099
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1827226.90/cwt222.50–233.001,876146
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1857228.54/cwt228.00–229.001,95933
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2898205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8414
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1931215.14/cwt214.25–223.002,003144
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1973212.93/cwt206.00–213.752,072172

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.