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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-01

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, May 1

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Apr 24May 1May 15 →

Receipts

1,838 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 1,859▲ 1,838 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction one week ago (April 24) 400 -500 lb steer calves today were steady with a lower undertone, 600 - 700 lb steers were 4.00 to 6.00 higher. No test on yearling weight cattle. Heifer trade today saw a weak undertone ( 6.00 to 8.00 ) across all weight classes. Supply today was moderate and included a few load lots. Available today were quality, home-raised and double vaccinated feeder calves. Demand was very good for quality calves. Internet activity was strong.

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 $389.01/cwt on 294 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −91.34 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$389.01

294 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$45.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.25

vs IA average

+14.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	390.86	2,199	282
Medium and Large 1-2	570	345.42	1,970	12thin

One grade step is worth $45.45/cwt here — about $229 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 sale294 hd

389.01

—

IA average5 barns · 848 hd

388.76

+0.25

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+14.58

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−91.34

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

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	488.86/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,804	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	490.07/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,039	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	419.38/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,009	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	389.49/cwt	381.00–402.00	2,045	73
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,007	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	573	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,298	88
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	384.32/cwt	377.00–406.00	2,221	121
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,937	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	603	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,303	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	357.47/cwt	339.00–385.00	2,216	105
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	330.73/cwt	327.00–335.00	2,113	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	344.14/cwt	325.00–353.00	2,309	99
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	305.82/cwt	290.00–317.00	2,214	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	296.43/cwt	286.00–309.00	2,268	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	291.49/cwt	279.00–297.00	2,344	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	923	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,631	65
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,660	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	404.56/cwt	377.00–418.00	1,691	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,574	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	370.76/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,791	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	349.21/cwt	335.00–361.50	1,802	118
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,694	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	321.81/cwt	307.00–337.00	1,850	179
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	309.47/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,919	76
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,814	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	285.66/cwt	273.50–290.00	1,962	80
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	281.06/cwt	275.00–284.00	2,074	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	268.69/cwt	267.00–271.00	2,104	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,098	8
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,095	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,453	5

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 May 1, 2025

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

Receipts 1,838Last week 1,859Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,095	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	430.00	430.00
35	400–450	418	377.00–418.00	404.56
38	450–500	483	365.00–380.00	370.76
118	500–550	516	335.00–361.50	349.21
179	550–600	575	307.00–337.00	321.81
76	600–650	620	295.00–325.00	309.47
80	650–700	687	273.50–290.00	285.66
9	700–750	738	275.00–284.00	281.06
7	750–800	783	267.00–271.00	268.69
8	800–850	804	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	330.00	330.00
7	500–550	518	327.00	327.00
4	600–650	648	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	550–600	573	401.00	401.00
54	600–650	603	382.00	382.00
65	900–950	923	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	480.00–495.00	488.86
38	400–450	416	460.00–500.00	490.07
62	450–500	479	400.00–445.00	419.38
73	500–550	525	381.00–402.00	389.49
121	550–600	578	377.00–406.00	384.32
105	600–650	620	339.00–385.00	357.47
99	650–700	671	325.00–353.00	344.14
20	700–750	724	290.00–317.00	305.82
22	750–800	765	286.00–309.00	296.43
13	800–850	804	279.00–297.00	291.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	547	367.00	367.00
7	550–600	587	330.00	330.00
22	600–650	639	327.00–335.00	330.73

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.