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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Oct 30

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Receipts

913 head

▼ 678 vs last sale 1,591▼ 862 vs year ago 1,775 · −48.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifer were 20.00 to 40.00 lower on limited supplies. 500 -600 lb new crop steer calves were 30.00 to 35.00 lower while 600 to 700 lb calves were 18.00 to 40.00 lower. No test on yearling cattle today. Heifer trade today saw 400 - 500 lb new crop calves 22.00 to 40.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate. Available today were reputation "home raised" calves both LTW'd and just off the cow and all vaccinated. The next feeder calf auction is November 6.

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 $418.23/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −62.12 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$418.23

141 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$43.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.17

vs IA average

−11.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	423.50	2,341	124
Medium and Large 1-2	537	379.82	2,040	17thin

One grade step is worth $43.68/cwt here — about $301 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 sale141 hd

418.23

—

IA average3 barns · 384 hd

421.40

−3.17

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−11.49

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−62.12

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

22 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	468.76/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,227	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,202	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	436.55/cwt	419.00–445.00	2,331	61
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	379.82/cwt	377.50–382.50	2,040	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	410.86/cwt	407.00–415.00	2,346	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	349.59/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,174	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	381.05/cwt	360.00–398.00	2,404	59
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	375.19/cwt	359.00–387.50	2,484	83
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	327.45/cwt	321.00–344.00	2,187	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,205	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,573	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	756	290.79/cwt	274.00–307.50	2,198	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	316.07/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,766	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,754	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	394.01/cwt	385.00–417.50	1,879	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	366.84/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,937	73
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	342.48/cwt	330.00–348.00	1,942	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	375.04/cwt	350.00–387.00	2,186	67
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	348.88/cwt	332.50–355.00	2,194	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,214	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,509	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,651	12

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 913Last week 1,591Year ago 1,775

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	405.00	405.00
56	450–500	477	385.00–417.50	394.01
73	500–550	528	350.00–372.50	366.84
67	550–600	583	350.00–387.00	375.04
15	600–650	629	332.50–355.00	348.88
17	650–700	661	335.00	335.00
12	750–800	794	316.00	316.00
12	800–850	839	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	567	330.00–348.00	342.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	475	465.00–470.00	468.76
61	500–550	534	419.00–445.00	436.55
63	550–600	571	407.00–415.00	410.86
59	600–650	631	360.00–398.00	381.05
83	650–700	662	359.00–387.50	375.19
12	700–750	716	308.00	308.00
16	750–800	750	343.00	343.00
10	850–900	875	310.00–320.00	316.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	484	455.00	455.00
17	500–550	537	377.50–382.50	379.82
31	600–650	622	342.00–355.00	349.59
14	650–700	668	321.00–344.00	327.45
8	750–800	756	274.00–307.50	290.79

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.