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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Dec 18

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

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Receipts

2,766 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 2,806▼ 277 vs year ago 3,043 · −9.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 5.00 to 8.00 lower, 600 - 700 lbs calves were fully steady. Heifer trade also saw a fully steady market across all weight classes. Available today were many groups of home - raised, reputation feeder calves both LTW'd and just off the cow. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Internet bidding very active. The next scheduled feeder calf auction is New Year's Day.

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 $448.37/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −31.98 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$448.37

223 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$40.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.45

vs IA average

+4.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	454.03	2,535	192
Medium and Large 1-2	596	413.35	2,464	31

One grade step is worth $40.68/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale223 hd

448.37

—

IA average4 barns · 413 hd

437.93

+10.45

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+4.27

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−31.98

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

43 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	304	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,687	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,153	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	405.56/cwt	405.00–406.00	1,703	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	511.18/cwt	480.00–532.50	2,173	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	476.18/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,238	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	467.71/cwt	445.00–479.00	2,521	63
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	564	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,577	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	444.67/cwt	417.00–457.50	2,530	101
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	413.35/cwt	412.00–415.00	2,464	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	604	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,386	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	366.42/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,286	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	414.21/cwt	397.00–419.00	2,626	71
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	658	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,718	47
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,288	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	392.64/cwt	373.00–405.00	2,678	146
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	364.09/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,487	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	370.72/cwt	361.50–380.00	2,662	133
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	366.99/cwt	349.00–386.00	2,844	87
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	319.49/cwt	315.00–320.50	2,486	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	324.87/cwt	320.00–348.00	2,690	47
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,684	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,969	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	423.20/cwt	400.00–438.00	1,650	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	431.48/cwt	429.00–433.00	1,817	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	469	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,759	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	409.57/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,937	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	416.75/cwt	397.50–429.00	2,188	103
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	543	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,270	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	352.86/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,990	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	400.18/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,285	110
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	583	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,245	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	596	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,062	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	635	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,400	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,115	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	363.94/cwt	342.50–379.00	2,318	173
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	673	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,389	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	359.63/cwt	340.00–381.00	2,424	208
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	313.29/cwt	252.50–329.00	2,143	29
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	327.08/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,309	24
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	321.72/cwt	317.50–325.00	2,493	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	320.73/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,649	20
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,828	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,012	285.68/cwt	282.50–287.50	2,891	11

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 Dec 18, 2025

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

Receipts 2,766Last week 2,806Year ago 3,043

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,012	282.50–287.50	285.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	500–550	543	418.00	418.00
14	550–600	583	385.00	385.00
48	600–650	635	378.00	378.00
15	650–700	673	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	390	400.00–438.00	423.20
16	400–450	421	429.00–433.00	431.48
41	450–500	473	390.00–425.00	409.57
103	500–550	525	397.50–429.00	416.75
110	550–600	571	395.00–411.00	400.18
173	600–650	637	342.50–379.00	363.94
208	650–700	674	340.00–381.00	359.63
24	700–750	706	325.00–335.00	327.08
7	750–800	775	317.50–325.00	321.72
20	800–850	826	315.00–325.00	320.73
4	900–950	935	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	375.00	375.00
7	550–600	596	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	564	340.00–365.00	352.86
13	600–650	636	332.50	332.50
29	650–700	684	252.50–329.00	313.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	564	457.00	457.00
47	650–700	658	413.00	413.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	304	555.00	555.00
7	350–400	395	545.00	545.00
26	400–450	425	480.00–532.50	511.18
26	450–500	470	465.00–485.00	476.18
63	500–550	539	445.00–479.00	467.71
101	550–600	569	417.00–457.50	444.67
71	600–650	634	397.00–419.00	414.21
146	650–700	682	373.00–405.00	392.64
133	700–750	718	361.50–380.00	370.72
87	750–800	775	349.00–386.00	366.99
47	800–850	828	320.00–348.00	324.87
5	850–900	852	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	420	405.00–406.00	405.56
31	550–600	596	412.00–415.00	413.35
9	600–650	624	360.00–375.00	366.42
26	650–700	683	360.00–368.00	364.09
49	750–800	778	315.00–320.50	319.49
4	850–900	875	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	604	395.00	395.00
13	650–700	678	337.50	337.50

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.