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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 8

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Jan 1Jan 8Jan 15 →

Receipts

4,038 head

▲ 953 vs last sale 3,085▲ 433 vs year ago 3,605 · +12.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

"Special Feeder Cattle Sale". Compared to the auction just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 10.00 to 17.00 higher, 600 - 700lb were 8.00 to 10.00 higher and 700 - 750 lb calves were 14.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb calves fully steady with 600 - 700 lb calves 2.00 to 11.00 higher. Available in today's heavy supply were home-raised, green, LTW'd reputation feeder steers and heifers. Demand was very good. Standing room only crowd. The next scheduled special sale is Jan 15.

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 $474.17/cwt on 307 head. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −6.18 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$474.17

307 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$31.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.94

vs IA average

+7.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	475.92	2,646	290
Medium and Large 1-2	573	444.39	2,546	17thin

One grade step is worth $31.53/cwt here — about $99 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 sale307 hd

474.17

—

IA average10 barns · 2,191 hd

473.24

+0.94

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+7.84

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−6.18

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

39 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,185	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,310	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	519.89/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,459	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	483.39/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,543	112
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	472.15/cwt	452.00–487.00	2,701	151
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	444.39/cwt	430.00–449.00	2,546	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	590	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,749	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	387.49/cwt	345.00–414.00	2,441	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	434.58/cwt	418.00–447.50	2,742	215
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	675	418.13/cwt	416.00–419.00	2,822	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	408.99/cwt	394.00–430.00	2,773	289
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	697	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,474	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	397.19/cwt	380.00–408.00	2,864	120
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,711	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	743	383.73/cwt	379.00–388.50	2,851	118
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	368.55/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,845	241
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	354.93/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,910	258
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	360.93/cwt	355.00–362.50	3,111	87
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,906	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	335.24/cwt	332.00–337.50	3,114	96
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	320.45/cwt	320.00–322.50	3,047	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,782	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	447.85/cwt	430.00–467.50	1,953	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	432.66/cwt	422.50–455.00	2,072	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	410.60/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,008	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	417.48/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,175	46
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	348.21/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,818	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	560	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,358	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	395.50/cwt	382.50–411.00	2,254	255
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	373.00/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,216	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	616	405.16/cwt	395.00–417.50	2,496	52
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	357.31/cwt	335.00–367.50	2,222	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	391.66/cwt	373.00–415.00	2,479	76
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	641	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,045	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	377.85/cwt	347.50–388.00	2,490	66
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	680	369.10/cwt	356.00–387.50	2,510	165
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	331.45/cwt	319.00–347.50	2,433	60
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	336.85/cwt	332.50–341.00	2,560	80
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,744	9

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 Jan 8, 2026

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

Receipts 4,038Last week 3,085Year ago 3,605

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	450.00	450.00
33	400–450	436	430.00–467.50	447.85
25	450–500	479	422.50–455.00	432.66
46	500–550	521	405.00–425.00	417.48
255	550–600	570	382.50–411.00	395.50
76	600–650	633	373.00–415.00	391.66
66	650–700	659	347.50–388.00	377.85
60	700–750	734	319.00–347.50	331.45
80	750–800	760	332.50–341.00	336.85
9	800–850	838	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	489	405.00–415.00	410.60
6	500–550	522	325.00–370.00	348.21
12	550–600	594	370.00–376.00	373.00
33	600–650	622	335.00–367.50	357.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	560	421.00	421.00
52	600–650	616	395.00–417.50	405.16
165	650–700	680	356.00–387.50	369.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	641	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	575.00	575.00
3	400–450	420	550.00	550.00
29	450–500	473	495.00–530.00	519.89
112	500–550	526	465.00–495.00	483.39
151	550–600	572	452.00–487.00	472.15
215	600–650	631	418.00–447.50	434.58
289	650–700	678	394.00–430.00	408.99
120	700–750	721	380.00–408.00	397.19
241	750–800	772	360.00–377.50	368.55
258	800–850	820	340.00–366.00	354.93
87	850–900	862	355.00–362.50	360.93
96	900–950	929	332.00–337.50	335.24
28	950–1000	951	320.00–322.50	320.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	590	466.00	466.00
38	650–700	675	416.00–419.00	418.13
118	700–750	743	379.00–388.50	383.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	573	430.00–449.00	444.39
26	600–650	630	345.00–414.00	387.49
13	700–750	723	375.00	375.00
5	850–900	886	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	697	355.00	355.00

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.