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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 23

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

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Receipts

1,894 head

▼ 1,886 vs last sale 3,780▼ 880 vs year ago 2,774 · −31.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous feeder calf auction just one week ago ( Jan 16 ) , steer calves 400 - 500 lb were 6.00 to 11.00 higher, 600 - 700 feeder steers were fully steady to 15.00 higher. Light weight heifer trade saw calves under 650 lb. 10.00 to 12.00 higher, seven weight heifers 10.00 higher. Yearling cattle trade called fully steady. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply of home raised, green, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves. Trade very 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 $352.68/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −127.67 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$352.68

177 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$38.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.74

vs IA average

+11.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	356.80	1,973	158
Medium and Large 1-2	561	318.34	1,787	19thin

One grade step is worth $38.46/cwt here — about $186 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 sale177 hd

352.68

—

IA average9 barns · 1,616 hd

339.93

+12.74

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+11.74

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−127.67

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

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,600	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,788	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	395.78/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,844	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	309.89/cwt	257.50–360.00	1,608	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	370.01/cwt	361.00–390.00	1,950	50
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	350.69/cwt	337.00–363.00	1,981	108
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	322.24/cwt	318.00–326.00	1,872	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	332.09/cwt	327.00–336.00	2,069	75
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	306.07/cwt	298.00–325.00	2,072	139
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	275.05/cwt	264.00–295.00	1,879	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	685	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,100	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	282.92/cwt	274.00–290.00	2,065	93
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	757	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,154	53
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	276.61/cwt	273.00–281.00	2,149	125
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	265.49/cwt	257.00–267.00	2,227	91
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	264.64/cwt	261.00–265.00	2,289	66
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,275	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	356.72/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,348	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,472	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	345.27/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,602	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	331.37/cwt	317.00–340.00	1,703	99
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	307.33/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,598	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	321.11/cwt	310.00–333.00	1,801	80
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,641	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	276.84/cwt	264.00–290.00	1,741	57
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	632	284.60/cwt	281.00–288.00	1,799	65
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	254.24/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,607	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	277.66/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,858	119
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	692	272.94/cwt	268.00–280.50	1,889	38
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	259.92/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,869	57
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	745	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,885	71
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,879	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,076	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,118	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	947	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,207	3

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 1,894Last week 3,780Year ago 2,774

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	520	305.00–310.00	307.33
7	550–600	599	274.00	274.00
13	600–650	632	251.00–257.00	254.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	378	347.50–365.00	356.72
8	400–450	409	360.00	360.00
22	450–500	464	340.00–348.00	345.27
99	500–550	514	317.00–340.00	331.37
80	550–600	561	310.00–333.00	321.11
57	600–650	629	264.00–290.00	276.84
119	650–700	669	260.00–286.00	277.66
57	700–750	719	255.00–266.00	259.92
6	750–800	770	244.00	244.00
5	800–850	844	246.00	246.00
4	850–900	886	239.00	239.00
3	900–950	947	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	600–650	632	281.00–288.00	284.60
38	650–700	692	268.00–280.50	272.94
71	700–750	745	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	372	430.00	430.00
12	400–450	436	410.00	410.00
27	450–500	466	385.00–405.00	395.78
50	500–550	527	361.00–390.00	370.01
108	550–600	565	337.00–363.00	350.69
75	600–650	623	327.00–336.00	332.09
139	650–700	677	298.00–325.00	306.07
93	700–750	730	274.00–290.00	282.92
125	750–800	777	273.00–281.00	276.61
91	800–850	839	257.00–267.00	265.49
66	850–900	865	261.00–265.00	264.64
5	950–1000	960	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	519	257.50–360.00	309.89
13	550–600	581	318.00–326.00	322.24
35	650–700	683	264.00–295.00	275.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	650–700	685	306.50	306.50
53	750–800	757	284.50	284.50

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.