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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Nov 20

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Nov 13Nov 20Dec 4 →

Receipts

1,484 head

▲ 127 vs last sale 1,357▼ 898 vs year ago 2,382 · −37.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction just one week ago new crop steer calves sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 lower while heifer trade saw calves 3.00 to 12.00 lower. Available today were many groups of home raised, double vaccinated feeder calves both LTW'd and "just off the cow". Quality ran very deep for replacement heifer opportunities. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. The next scheduled Feeder Calf auction is Dec 4.

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 $407.68/cwt on 174 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −72.67 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$407.68

174 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$45.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.77

vs IA average

−2.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	411.82	2,273	158
Medium and Large 1-2	554	366.75	2,033	16thin

One grade step is worth $45.07/cwt here — about $240 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 sale174 hd

407.68

—

IA average9 barns · 1,616 hd

406.91

+0.77

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−2.40

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−72.67

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

40 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,965	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	426.30/cwt	400.00–465.00	2,029	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	505	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,323	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	431.81/cwt	416.00–475.00	2,263	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,075	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	577	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,337	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	382.82/cwt	356.00–401.00	2,232	70
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,932	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	379.22/cwt	363.00–388.00	2,336	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	381.16/cwt	369.00–389.50	2,356	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	641	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,173	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,025	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	357.05/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,371	125
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	688	346.83/cwt	345.00–348.00	2,386	33
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	699	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,286	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	722	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,473	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,179	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	338.30/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,470	225
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	775	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,333	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,470	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	353	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,536	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	374.25/cwt	373.00–378.00	1,598	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,614	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	375.56/cwt	363.00–385.00	1,833	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	358.18/cwt	348.00–385.00	1,870	73
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	339.91/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,829	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	543	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,982	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,876	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	333.52/cwt	326.00–345.00	1,958	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	328.46/cwt	321.00–335.00	2,033	64
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	648	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,090	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	317.73/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,097	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	288.44/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,915	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	302.56/cwt	288.00–305.50	2,194	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,148	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,417	26
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	268.97/cwt	265.00–271.00	2,461	9
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,254	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 Nov 20, 2025

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

Receipts 1,484Last week 1,357Year ago 2,382

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	543	365.00	365.00
36	600–650	648	322.50	322.50
19	650–700	655	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	420.00	420.00
12	400–450	427	373.00–378.00	374.25
21	450–500	488	363.00–385.00	375.56
73	500–550	522	348.00–385.00	358.18
48	550–600	587	326.00–345.00	333.52
64	600–650	619	321.00–335.00	328.46
23	650–700	660	310.00–320.00	317.73
35	700–750	725	288.00–305.50	302.56
5	750–800	770	279.00	279.00
26	850–900	860	281.00	281.00
9	900–950	915	265.00–271.00	268.97
4	950–1000	980	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	458	352.50	352.50
6	500–550	538	335.00–345.00	339.91
16	650–700	664	284.00–290.00	288.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	435.00	435.00
20	450–500	460	395.00	395.00
12	550–600	560	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	650–700	688	345.00–348.00	346.83
15	700–750	722	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	775	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	490.00	490.00
19	450–500	476	400.00–465.00	426.30
53	500–550	524	416.00–475.00	431.81
70	550–600	583	356.00–401.00	382.82
44	600–650	616	363.00–388.00	379.22
125	650–700	664	340.00–365.00	357.05
225	700–750	730	330.00–350.00	338.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	505	460.00	460.00
13	550–600	577	405.00	405.00
35	600–650	618	369.00–389.50	381.16
19	650–700	699	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	641	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	528	393.00	393.00
6	550–600	598	323.00	323.00
24	600–650	649	312.00	312.00
5	700–750	724	301.00	301.00

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.