Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-11-14

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Nov 14
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,341 head
▼ 434 vs last sale 1,775▼ 1,061 vs year ago 2,402 · −44.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

"SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE ". Compared to the previously recorded auction on Oct. 31, 500 - 600 lb. new crop steer calves were 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifer calf trade was fully steady. Very light offering of yearling cattle today so no trend stated. Today's moderate supply saw many quality, reputation, double vaccinated new crop calves with many right "off the cow". 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 $312.65/cwt on 259 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −167.69 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.
Average price
$312.65
259 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.17
vs IA average
+7.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556314.801,750241
Medium and Large 1-2577283.891,63818thin
One grade step is worth $30.91/cwt here — about $112 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 sale259 hd
312.65
—
IA average5 barns · 912 hd
309.49
+3.17
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
+7.21
This barn, trailing median13 sales
480.35
−167.69
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

37 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1904
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364369.07/cwt340.00–385.001,3439
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414352.34/cwt340.00–368.001,45911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy420357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,49916
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467336.17/cwt330.00–340.001,57013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491283.15/cwt275.00–300.001,39021
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy512341.19/cwt335.00–345.001,74756
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530319.31/cwt313.00–328.001,69237
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy565316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,78510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577283.89/cwt280.00–285.001,63818
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580302.80/cwt290.00–328.001,756138
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2606267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6217
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617283.26/cwt275.00–298.001,748119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy622297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,84740
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy669272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,82325
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674262.18/cwt251.00–277.501,76786
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712259.95/cwt244.00–267.001,85157
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,75310
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy761240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,82612
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,9223
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331292.41/cwt290.00–295.009688
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375310.07/cwt300.00–315.001,16312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437255.57/cwt235.00–270.001,1177
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439308.33/cwt292.00–312.001,35431
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy473306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,44715
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487291.57/cwt284.00–305.001,42023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529266.01/cwt239.00–295.001,40774
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy537290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5578
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2544
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575260.68/cwt252.00–279.001,49995
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580245.46/cwt244.00–252.001,42425
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624240.10/cwt235.00–246.501,49856
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683228.12/cwt222.00–233.001,5589
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730232.03/cwt225.00–236.001,6948
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Natural442280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2383
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Natural575245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,40912
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Natural660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4524

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.