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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Dec 5

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Receipts

3,755 head

▲ 1,373 vs last sale 2,382▲ 560 vs year ago 3,195 · +17.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 400 - 500 lb new crop feeder steers were 12.00 to 16.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb calves were as much as 20.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb calves 9.00 to 12.00 higher and 600 - 700 heifers were 15.00 to 18.00 higher. The bulk of today's feeder calves were all weaned and double vaccinated. Available today were load lots of green, off the grass yearling cattle which were steady to up 5.00. Demand was very good for today's heavy offering home raised feeder calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.13/cwt on 318 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −151.21 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$329.13

318 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$33.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.94

vs IA average

+3.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	331.98	1,866	291
Medium and Large 1-2	562	298.52	1,677	27

One grade step is worth $33.45/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale318 hd

329.13

—

IA average6 barns · 1,596 hd

324.19

+4.94

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+3.76

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−151.21

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

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

34 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	377.08/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,557	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	356.36/cwt	341.00–371.00	1,725	113
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,411	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	345.53/cwt	325.00–353.00	1,776	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	328.38/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,888	230
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	306.32/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,795	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	287.69/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,795	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	311.92/cwt	292.00–335.00	1,962	284
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	288.24/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,969	388
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	696	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,858	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	279.15/cwt	269.00–284.00	2,015	106
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,715	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	270.75/cwt	257.00–285.25	2,098	212
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	246.52/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,940	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	247.74/cwt	240.00–254.00	2,046	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,279	19
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	898	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,065	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	261.35/cwt	261.35–261.35	2,394	59
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,254	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	320.03/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,370	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	325.71/cwt	312.00–331.00	1,580	99
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,380	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	304.27/cwt	297.00–308.00	1,628	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	537	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,869	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,504	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	288.61/cwt	278.00–300.00	1,662	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,558	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	592	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,794	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	271.02/cwt	257.00–284.50	1,688	186
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,623	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	257.47/cwt	252.50–267.00	1,692	46
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	252.74/cwt	248.00–255.50	1,810	111
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	225.07/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,713	23
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	231.38/cwt	218.00–240.50	2,020	10

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Thu Dec 5, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 3,755Last week 2,382Year ago 3,195

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	500–550	537	348.00	348.00
53	550–600	592	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	428	310.00–330.00	320.03
99	450–500	485	312.00–331.00	325.71
32	500–550	535	297.00–308.00	304.27
63	550–600	576	278.00–300.00	288.61
186	600–650	623	257.00–284.50	271.02
46	650–700	657	252.50–267.00	257.47
111	700–750	716	248.00–255.50	252.74
23	750–800	761	220.00–239.00	225.07
10	850–900	873	218.00–240.50	231.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	280.00	280.00
5	500–550	547	275.00	275.00
19	550–600	577	270.00	270.00
4	600–650	649	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	504	280.00	280.00
19	550–600	586	285.00–312.00	306.32
33	600–650	624	282.50–290.00	287.69
5	650–700	696	267.00	267.00
8	700–750	736	233.00	233.00
19	750–800	787	240.00–255.00	246.52
7	850–900	898	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	413	375.00–382.50	377.08
113	450–500	484	341.00–371.00	356.36
61	500–550	514	325.00–353.00	345.53
230	550–600	575	315.00–345.00	328.38
284	600–650	629	292.00–335.00	311.92
388	650–700	683	275.00–295.00	288.24
106	700–750	722	269.00–284.00	279.15
212	750–800	775	257.00–285.25	270.75
18	800–850	826	240.00–254.00	247.74
19	850–900	875	260.50	260.50
59	900–950	916	261.35	261.35
4	950–1000	959	235.00	235.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.