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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Feb 27

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Feb 13Feb 27Mar 6 →

Receipts

2,447 head

▲ 1,495 vs last sale 952▲ 1,050 vs year ago 1,397 · +75.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction 2 weeks ago, (Feb 13) 500 - 600 lb feeder steer calves were 9.00 to 15.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb calves were 6.00 to 12.00 higher and 800 - 900 lb yearling cattle were as much as 12.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb feeder calves 9.00 to 14.00 higher. A noticeable number of heifer calves were retained as replacements today. Quality ran deep again in today's offering of home - raised and LTW'd feeder calves. Demand was very good.

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 $369.10/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −111.25 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$369.10

115 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$2.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.65

vs IA average

+20.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	369.26	2,045	106
Medium and Large 1-2	523	367.19	1,920	9thin

One grade step is worth $2.07/cwt here — about $125 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 sale115 hd

369.10

—

IA average5 barns · 664 hd

357.45

+11.65

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+20.86

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−111.25

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

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,849	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,898	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	387.83/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,997	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	367.19/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,920	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	360.11/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,063	71
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	346.52/cwt	320.00–348.50	2,200	83
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	328.05/cwt	318.00–332.50	2,175	130
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	300.58/cwt	293.00–308.00	2,062	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	295.12/cwt	287.00–300.00	2,190	82
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	290.40/cwt	270.00–299.00	2,248	56
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	277.42/cwt	261.50–286.25	2,278	56
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	274.36/cwt	264.00–280.75	2,409	211
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,449	11
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,033	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,422	22
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,160	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,355	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,481	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	364.50/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,673	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	328.62/cwt	325.00–341.00	1,712	47
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	317.39/cwt	299.00–326.00	1,819	89
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	584	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,880	56
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	306.87/cwt	295.00–313.00	1,869	164
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,745	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	290.83/cwt	276.00–305.00	1,934	143
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	266.37/cwt	252.00–274.00	1,817	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	289.75/cwt	279.00–314.00	2,072	145
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	268.72/cwt	262.00–270.00	2,061	57
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	772	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,162	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,060	15
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	997	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,243	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,717	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 Feb 27, 2025

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

Receipts 2,447Last week 952Year ago 1,397

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	642	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	550–600	584	322.00	322.00
19	750–800	772	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	390.00	390.00
4	400–450	423	350.00	350.00
19	450–500	459	350.00–380.00	364.50
47	500–550	521	325.00–341.00	328.62
89	550–600	573	299.00–326.00	317.39
164	600–650	609	295.00–313.00	306.87
143	650–700	665	276.00–305.00	290.83
145	700–750	715	279.00–314.00	289.75
57	750–800	767	262.00–270.00	268.72
15	800–850	808	255.00	255.00
13	950–1000	997	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	644	271.00	271.00
15	650–700	682	252.00–274.00	266.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	523	365.00–370.00	367.19
26	650–700	686	293.00–308.00	300.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	433	427.00	427.00
5	450–500	493	385.00	385.00
35	500–550	515	385.00–395.00	387.83
71	550–600	573	355.00–365.00	360.11
83	600–650	635	320.00–348.50	346.52
130	650–700	663	318.00–332.50	328.05
82	700–750	742	287.00–300.00	295.12
56	750–800	774	270.00–299.00	290.40
56	800–850	821	261.50–286.25	277.42
211	850–900	878	264.00–280.75	274.36
11	950–1000	968	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,033	234.50	234.50
3	1150–1200	1,160	203.00	203.00

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.