Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2025-06-26

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jun 26
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,230 head
▲ 515 vs last sale 715▲ 1,230 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf / yearling cattle auction 2 weeks ago 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 5.00 to 8.00 higher, 600 -700 lb 4.00 to 7.00 higher and yearling steers were 8.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifer trade saw all lighter weight classes 8.00 to 17.00 higher with yearling heifers fully steady. Available today were load lots of "green", LTW's cattle from quality reputation herds. Internet active. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Trade was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.81/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −64.61 against this barn's trailing median of $428.43.
Average price
$363.81
122 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,926
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.48
vs IA average
+27.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528367.861,94186
Medium and Large 1-2534354.151,89136
One grade step is worth $13.71/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale122 hd
363.81
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IA average2 barns · 144 hd
361.33
+2.48
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
+27.90
This barn, trailing median13 sales
428.43
−64.61
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
466427389351median 428.4303/1204/2306/0409/1010/22
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $451.61, low $364.75, median $428.43 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

34 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378427.52/cwt415.00–440.001,6166
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431442.18/cwt431.00–452.501,90632
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0496
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0017
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,1807
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535384.13/cwt380.00–387.002,05525
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568403.28/cwt395.00–412.502,29165
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1602389.51/cwt378.00–395.002,34583
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640361.79/cwt361.00–365.002,31539
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2651335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,18113
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671359.33/cwt352.50–372.502,41123
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740327.69/cwt323.00–334.002,42573
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1783320.94/cwt314.00–322.502,51322
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1832299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,48817
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1896285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,5549
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1901304.78/cwt295.00–306.002,74673
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1986186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,8343
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,085229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,4854
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,243200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,4867
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1303395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1973
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430383.77/cwt375.00–387.001,65019
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459403.27/cwt400.00–405.001,85115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516374.68/cwt367.50–390.001,93370
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534354.15/cwt337.50–362.501,89136
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,95416
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620354.88/cwt344.00–375.002,200115
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632330.04/cwt326.00–333.002,08640
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,27178
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725322.63/cwt303.00–324.002,33989
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,1326
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775295.96/cwt286.00–309.002,29440
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811287.14/cwt278.00–288.002,32935
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls1150–1200Medium and Large 11,170208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,4343

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.