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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-02

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 2

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Dec 19Jan 2Jan 9 →

Receipts

3,860 head

▲ 817 vs last sale 3,043▲ 913 vs year ago 2,947 · +31.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder cattle auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 3.00 to 5.00 higher with 600 -700 lb steers steady to 3.00 lower. Heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb calves steady to 4.00 lower with 600 - 700 lb. calves 8.00 to 11.00 higher. No comparison stated on yearling cattle given the low numbers. Quality ran extra deep on today's heavy supply of home raised, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves. Available today were many groups of replacement quality heifer calves. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

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 $331.51/cwt on 250 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −148.83 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$331.51

250 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$23.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.29

vs IA average

−1.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	334.12	1,919	222
Medium and Large 1-2	546	310.89	1,696	28

One grade step is worth $23.22/cwt here — about $223 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 sale250 hd

331.51

—

IA average4 barns · 666 hd

327.23

+4.29

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−1.36

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−148.83

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

32 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	376.36/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,291	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,512	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	378.46/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,593	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	365.66/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,708	49
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	325.57/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,699	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	356.30/cwt	347.00–370.00	1,885	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	291.32/cwt	291.00–292.00	1,681	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	331.30/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,922	197
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	307.80/cwt	295.00–318.00	1,936	175
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	287.73/cwt	275.00–299.00	1,959	179
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,861	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	279.72/cwt	267.00–288.25	2,022	347
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	268.05/cwt	257.50–274.50	2,085	326
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,030	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	263.01/cwt	257.00–266.00	2,191	133
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	255.33/cwt	253.00–261.00	2,237	47
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	257.48/cwt	250.00–260.25	2,325	89
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	918	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,157	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,328	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,258	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	323.54/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,407	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	321.63/cwt	309.00–328.00	1,553	73
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	304.79/cwt	290.00–316.00	1,618	90
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,567	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	298.64/cwt	294.00–305.00	1,714	101
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	264.43/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,523	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	252.79/cwt	244.00–262.50	1,552	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	282.99/cwt	266.00–292.00	1,788	251
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	265.43/cwt	250.50–278.00	1,784	188
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	252.92/cwt	244.50–262.00	1,826	254
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	247.36/cwt	243.00–251.25	1,922	122
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,878	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 Jan 2, 2025

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

Receipts 3,860Last week 3,043Year ago 2,947

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	374	355.00	355.00
14	400–450	435	320.00–327.00	323.54
73	450–500	483	309.00–328.00	321.63
90	500–550	531	290.00–316.00	304.79
101	550–600	574	294.00–305.00	298.64
251	600–650	632	266.00–292.00	282.99
188	650–700	672	250.50–278.00	265.43
254	700–750	722	244.50–262.00	252.92
122	750–800	777	243.00–251.25	247.36
10	800–850	806	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	393	320.00	320.00
10	500–550	548	286.00	286.00
26	550–600	576	255.00–273.00	264.43
18	600–650	614	244.00–262.50	252.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	522	317.50–327.50	325.57
12	550–600	577	291.00–292.00	291.32
23	650–700	692	269.00	269.00
4	750–800	793	256.00	256.00
3	900–950	918	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	343	340.00–390.00	376.36
3	350–400	378	400.00	400.00
7	400–450	421	370.00–385.00	378.46
49	450–500	467	350.00–375.00	365.66
25	500–550	529	347.00–370.00	356.30
197	550–600	580	320.00–350.00	331.30
175	600–650	629	295.00–318.00	307.80
179	650–700	681	275.00–299.00	287.73
347	700–750	723	267.00–288.25	279.72
326	750–800	778	257.50–274.50	268.05
133	800–850	833	257.00–266.00	263.01
47	850–900	876	253.00–261.00	255.33
89	900–950	903	250.00–260.25	257.48

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.