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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Oct 23

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Oct 9Oct 23Oct 30 →

Receipts

1,591 head

▼ 116 vs last sale 1,707▲ 277 vs year ago 1,314 · +21.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were steady to 10.00 higher with yearling steer cattle 7.00 to 13. 00 higher. Heifer trade today saw 550 - 650 lb calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher with yearling heifers steady to 8.00 higher. Quality ran very deep in today's offering of green, new crop feeder calves with many "off the cow". Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. The next feeder cattle auction is Oct. 30.

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 $455.05/cwt on 196 head. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −25.30 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$455.05

196 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$46.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.75

vs IA average

−3.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	460.00	2,596	175
Medium and Large 1-2	583	413.80	2,412	21

One grade step is worth $46.20/cwt here — about $184 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale196 hd

455.05

—

IA average3 barns · 699 hd

453.30

+1.75

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−3.09

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−25.30

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

32 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,542	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	566.00/cwt	566.00–566.00	2,043	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	537.91/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,324	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,958	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,266	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	504.67/cwt	497.00–520.00	2,473	47
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	472.75/cwt	452.50–485.00	2,558	58
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	453.68/cwt	441.00–474.00	2,613	117
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	413.80/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,412	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	441.46/cwt	429.00–450.00	2,697	100
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	358.81/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,400	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	393.83/cwt	389.00–402.50	2,698	94
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	390.81/cwt	384.00–405.00	2,810	147
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	367.29/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,681	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	378.75/cwt	378.75–378.75	3,007	35
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,626	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	492.02/cwt	490.00–493.00	2,057	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,021	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	419.95/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,058	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	503	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,314	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	425.04/cwt	410.00–444.00	2,193	58
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,010	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,078	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	620	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,604	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,327	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	637	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,379	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	341.00/cwt	329.00–345.00	2,329	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	337.32/cwt	324.00–341.00	2,435	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,560	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	327.81/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,885	152
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,968	52
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	3,054	53

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 Oct 23, 2025

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

Receipts 1,591Last week 1,707Year ago 1,314

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	637	373.50	373.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	418	490.00–493.00	492.02
12	450–500	490	415.00–425.00	419.95
58	500–550	516	410.00–444.00	425.04
16	550–600	587	354.00	354.00
12	600–650	634	367.00	367.00
16	650–700	683	329.00–345.00	341.00
14	700–750	722	324.00–341.00	337.32
3	750–800	795	322.00	322.00
152	850–900	880	325.00–337.00	327.81
52	900–950	932	318.50	318.50
53	950–1000	959	318.50	318.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	503	460.00	460.00
28	600–650	620	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	449	450.00	450.00
10	500–550	547	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	477.50	477.50
4	350–400	361	566.00	566.00
31	400–450	432	535.00–540.00	537.91
47	450–500	490	497.00–520.00	504.67
58	500–550	541	452.50–485.00	472.75
117	550–600	576	441.00–474.00	453.68
100	600–650	611	429.00–450.00	441.46
94	650–700	685	389.00–402.50	393.83
147	700–750	719	384.00–405.00	390.81
35	750–800	794	378.75	378.75
6	800–850	818	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	440.00	440.00
3	450–500	477	475.00	475.00
21	550–600	583	407.50–430.00	413.80
16	650–700	669	340.00–365.00	358.81
13	700–750	730	350.00–375.00	367.29

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.