Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2024-11-21

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Nov 21
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
2,382 head
▲ 1,041 vs last sale 1,341▼ 20 vs year ago 2,402 · −0.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction last week 500 - 600 lb new crop steer calves were 5.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb new crop calves 7.00 to 15.00 higher. Available in today's moderate offering were many quality, home raised, preconditioned, " weaned" feeder claves with very few "off the cow". Load lots were available on 800 weight yearling cattle with no comparison stated given last week's low numbers. Demand was very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $318.50/cwt on 246 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −161.85 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.
Average price
$318.50
246 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.82
vs IA average
+9.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551320.591,768230
Medium and Large 1-2538288.391,55316thin
One grade step is worth $32.20/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale246 hd
318.50
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IA average9 barns · 1,898 hd
305.68
+12.82
National average182 barns · 24,645 hd
309.26
+9.24
This barn, trailing median13 sales
480.35
−161.85
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

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436347.97/cwt330.00–355.001,51718
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481339.92/cwt333.00–348.001,63527
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517290.43/cwt280.00–305.001,50210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533329.08/cwt321.00–335.001,754116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570311.96/cwt288.50–319.001,778114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6366
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632285.36/cwt271.50–292.501,803229
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6134
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677268.12/cwt260.00–283.001,815125
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716264.74/cwt253.00–274.001,896149
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727244.86/cwt240.00–249.001,78013
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8855
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,08064
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856255.26/cwt248.00–257.502,18580
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9254
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1958233.51/cwt222.00–235.002,23727
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3626
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466316.65/cwt300.00–325.001,47683
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3867
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521291.45/cwt280.00–310.001,518106
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4745
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement569295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,67929
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585268.14/cwt262.00–285.001,56987
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585247.36/cwt247.00–250.001,44733
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619255.17/cwt243.00–266.001,580122
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662235.01/cwt228.00–247.001,55618
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727232.45/cwt231.00–237.001,69058
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,89421
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1883227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,00914
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Replacement929221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,05314

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.