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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-31

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jul 31

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Jul 17Jul 31Aug 14 →

Receipts

583 head

▼ 314 vs last sale 897▼ 285 vs year ago 868 · −32.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf / yearling auction 2 weeks ago, the trend was higher with today's light offering. 700 - 750 lb steer cattle were 10.00 to 13.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 700 lb cattle 12.00 to 16.00 higher. Demand was very good for today's green, home-raised offering. Trade was active.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $383.70/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −44.72 against this barn's trailing median of $428.43.

Average price

$383.70

69 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.55

vs IA average

+36.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	383.70	2,113	69

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale69 hd

383.70

—

IA average2 barns · 111 hd

379.15

+4.55

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

+36.20

This barn, trailing median13 sales

428.43

−44.72

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

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

20 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	420.02/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,012	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,383	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,496	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,404	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,508	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,383	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,570	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	350.12/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,661	69
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,953	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,415	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,463	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,735	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,921	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	391.86/cwt	388.00–405.00	2,128	58
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	340.68/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,017	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,336	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	338.08/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,451	103
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	321.49/cwt	318.00–322.00	2,578	72
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,009	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,017	19

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 Jul 31, 2025

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

Receipts 583Last week 897Year ago 868

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	360.00	360.00
3	400–450	442	392.50	392.50
22	450–500	472	407.00	407.00
58	500–550	543	388.00–405.00	391.86
11	550–600	592	340.00–342.50	340.68
21	600–650	649	360.00	360.00
3	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
103	700–750	725	337.00–340.00	338.08
72	800–850	802	318.00–322.00	321.49
19	1000–1050	1,009	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	582	413.00	413.00
7	600–650	639	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	479	410.00–440.00	420.02
3	500–550	507	470.00	470.00
14	550–600	556	449.00	449.00
3	600–650	623	402.50	402.50
11	650–700	689	373.00	373.00
69	750–800	760	350.00–351.00	350.12
64	850–900	879	336.00	336.00

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.