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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Aug 28

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Aug 14Aug 28Sep 11 →

Receipts

983 head

▲ 463 vs last sale 520▼ 46 vs year ago 1,029 · −4.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Feeder Cattle Auction 2 weeks ago, no trend stated today on steer calves due to light offerings both weeks, however, heifer trade today was 14.00 to 20.00 higher on 700 - 800 lb calves. Available today were many load lots of reputation, green. double vaccinated heifer cattle. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Trade very active. The next auction will be in 2 weeks featuring a large run of feeder calves for their Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ sale.

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 $420.89/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits −7.54 against this barn's trailing median of $428.43.

Average price

$420.89

176 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,413

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$524

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

$57.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.54

vs IA average

+51.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	422.19	2,425	172
Medium and Large 1-2	521	365.00	1,902	4thin

One grade step is worth $57.19/cwt here — about $524 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 sale176 hd

420.89

—

IA average6 barns · 731 hd

406.35

+14.54

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

+51.08

This barn, trailing median13 sales

428.43

−7.54

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

24 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,331	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	616	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,344	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	414.87/cwt	406.00–418.00	2,601	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,310	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,868	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,742	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	3,260	64
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,886	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,130	27
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,060	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,180	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,245	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,902	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,265	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	420.73/cwt	405.00–426.50	2,449	150
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	390.01/cwt	375.00–398.50	2,399	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,314	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	366.24/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,644	61
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	338.35/cwt	335.00–347.00	2,639	31
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	343.23/cwt	343.00–345.00	2,863	75
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,026	124
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	329.77/cwt	326.50–345.00	3,024	142
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	929	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,982	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	991	315.25/cwt	315.25–315.25	3,124	53
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,175	4

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 Aug 28, 2025

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

Receipts 983Last week 520Year ago 1,029

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	500	449.00	449.00
150	550–600	582	405.00–426.50	420.73
53	600–650	615	375.00–398.50	390.01
61	700–750	722	355.00–367.50	366.24
31	750–800	780	335.00–347.00	338.35
75	800–850	834	343.00–345.00	343.23
124	850–900	877	345.00	345.00
142	900–950	917	326.50–345.00	329.77
53	950–1000	991	315.25	315.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	536	422.50	422.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	365.00	365.00
8	600–650	627	369.00	369.00
6	900–950	929	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	518	450.00	450.00
15	600–650	627	406.00–418.00	414.87
24	700–750	726	395.00	395.00
3	800–850	816	336.00	336.00
64	850–900	880	370.50	370.50
27	900–950	902	347.00	347.00
7	1050–1100	1,060	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	616	380.50	380.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	633	365.00	365.00
8	850–900	888	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	750	290.00	290.00

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.