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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 13

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Feb 6Feb 13Feb 27 →

Receipts

952 head

▼ 686 vs last sale 1,638▼ 1,236 vs year ago 2,188 · −56.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction one week ago, a weather related light offering experience today. 600 - 700 lb feeder steer calves were fully steady to 4.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb calves 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Today's supply saw several large groups of "home - raised", reputation and LTW's quality feeder 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 $334.87/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −145.48 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$334.87

31 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$36.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.19

vs IA average

−3.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	350.28	1,906	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	567	313.54	1,779	13thin

One grade step is worth $36.74/cwt here — about $127 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 sale31 hd

334.87

—

IA average4 barns · 365 hd

346.06

−11.19

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−3.80

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−145.48

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

19 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	401.43/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,497	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,855	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,647	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,864	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,039	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	330.68/cwt	326.25–337.50	2,067	59
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	299.25/cwt	294.00–302.25	2,050	148
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	298.15/cwt	293.75–301.50	2,087	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	284.40/cwt	276.75–285.75	2,156	69
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	274.47/cwt	268.50–276.50	2,237	81
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	258.85/cwt	247.00–265.75	2,239	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,291	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,576	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,710	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	288.48/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,786	69
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	277.39/cwt	275.00–277.75	1,931	100
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,008	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,106	9

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 Feb 13, 2025

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

Receipts 952Last week 1,638Year ago 2,188

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	433	364.00	364.00
28	500–550	526	325.00	325.00
14	550–600	555	300.00	300.00
69	600–650	619	280.00–294.00	288.48
100	650–700	696	275.00–277.75	277.39
13	700–750	725	277.00	277.00
9	850–900	856	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	400.00–405.00	401.43
13	500–550	530	350.00	350.00
5	550–600	581	351.00	351.00
59	600–650	625	326.25–337.50	330.68
148	650–700	685	294.00–302.25	299.25
44	700–750	700	293.75–301.50	298.15
69	750–800	758	276.75–285.75	284.40
81	800–850	815	268.50–276.50	274.47
19	850–900	865	247.00–265.75	258.85
16	900–950	920	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	549	300.00	300.00
8	550–600	579	322.00	322.00

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.