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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-12

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jun 12

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← May 29Jun 12Jun 26 →

Receipts

715 head

▼ 431 vs last sale 1,146▲ 715 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf / yearling auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 10.00 to 18.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb were 15.00 higher and yearling steers were 7.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifer trade today saw light weight 400 - 500 lb calves 7.00 to 10.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb 8.00 to 11.00 higher and yearling heifers were 12.00 to 15.00 higher. Available in today's light offering were many smaller packages of green, weaned out and double vaccinated quality feeder calves. Internet bidding was active throughout the auction. 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 $399.91/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −80.44 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$399.91

58 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$41.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.67

vs IA average

+18.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	406.32	2,271	49
Medium and Large 1-2	595	365.00	2,172	9thin

One grade step is worth $41.32/cwt here — about $99 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 sale58 hd

399.91

—

IA average5 barns · 814 hd

415.58

−15.67

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

+18.90

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−80.44

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

29 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	462.97/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,028	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	445.63/cwt	429.00–454.00	2,143	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	424.38/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,224	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	395.84/cwt	392.50–399.50	2,292	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,172	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	383.20/cwt	376.00–385.00	2,380	53
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,370	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,220	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,524	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	316.44/cwt	300.00–319.50	2,452	54
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,517	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	295.66/cwt	289.00–297.75	2,741	83
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,109	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,634	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	394.52/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,535	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	364.60/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,546	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	399.72/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,887	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	364.86/cwt	362.50–392.50	1,978	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,928	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	559	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,962	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	348.21/cwt	340.00–361.00	1,960	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	323.51/cwt	312.50–328.00	1,896	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	331.32/cwt	320.00–336.50	2,081	52
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	308.76/cwt	302.50–315.00	2,032	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,391	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	310.48/cwt	301.00–313.00	2,201	29
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	288.53/cwt	282.00–295.00	2,398	52
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,418	4
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,062	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,363	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 Jun 12, 2025

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

Receipts 715Last week 1,146Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	389	375.00–402.50	394.52
10	400–450	424	350.00–375.00	364.60
16	450–500	472	395.00–405.00	399.72
37	500–550	542	362.50–392.50	364.86
25	550–600	563	340.00–361.00	348.21
52	600–650	628	320.00–336.50	331.32
3	650–700	668	358.00	358.00
29	700–750	709	301.00–313.00	310.48
52	800–850	831	282.00–295.00	288.53
4	850–900	856	282.50	282.50
5	1050–1100	1,062	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	559	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	543	355.00	355.00
13	550–600	586	312.50–328.00	323.51
12	650–700	658	302.50–315.00	308.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	440.00	440.00
10	400–450	438	460.00–465.00	462.97
20	450–500	481	429.00–454.00	445.63
18	500–550	524	420.00–437.50	424.38
31	550–600	579	392.50–399.50	395.84
53	600–650	621	376.00–385.00	383.20
10	650–700	651	364.00	364.00
16	700–750	713	354.00	354.00
54	750–800	775	300.00–319.50	316.44
6	800–850	839	300.00	300.00
83	900–950	927	289.00–297.75	295.66
6	1100–1150	1,109	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	595	365.00	365.00
6	650–700	653	340.00	340.00

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.