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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jan 29

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

1,097 head

▼ 1,418 vs last sale 2,515▼ 1,762 vs year ago 2,859 · −61.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction last week 500 - 600 lb steer feeder calves were fully steady, 600 - 650 lb 7.00 to 11.00 higher with a light test on heavier cattle. Heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb feeder calves 9.00 to 12.00 higher with heavier cattle fully steady. Demand was very good with active internet bidding. Today's moderate offering consisted of several large consignments of home-raised, reputation feeders and many smaller packages. The next scheduled feeder auction is Feb. 5.

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 $475.87/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −4.48 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$475.87

141 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,718

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.67

vs IA average

−8.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	475.87	2,718	141

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale141 hd

475.87

—

IA average8 barns · 1,005 hd

470.19

+5.67

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−8.23

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−4.48

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,785	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,448	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	502.02/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,380	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	484	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,638	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	487.13/cwt	471.00–499.00	2,582	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	468.20/cwt	461.00–476.00	2,702	40
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	578	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,757	82
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	445.49/cwt	444.00–450.00	2,793	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,457	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,456	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	417.80/cwt	408.00–426.00	2,874	83
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	691	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,944	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	355.89/cwt	342.00–381.00	2,794	69
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	327.71/cwt	327.50–328.00	3,035	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	337.75/cwt	337.75–337.75	3,232	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,726	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,871	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	474.90/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,071	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	470.28/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,182	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,429	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	543	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,378	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	417.35/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,400	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,495	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,310	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	373.81/cwt	365.00–383.00	2,527	53
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,429	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	699	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,674	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	375.18/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,679	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,439	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,438	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	789	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,643	15
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,144	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,974	8

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 1,097Last week 2,515Year ago 2,859

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	612	377.50	377.50
10	650–700	694	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	737	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	347	497.50	497.50
5	350–400	378	495.00	495.00
12	400–450	436	465.00–480.00	474.90
49	450–500	464	455.00–475.00	470.28
4	500–550	528	460.00	460.00
43	550–600	575	415.00–420.00	417.35
21	600–650	607	411.00	411.00
53	650–700	676	365.00–383.00	373.81
37	700–750	714	360.00–377.50	375.18
4	750–800	750	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1100–1150	1,144	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	789	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	500–550	543	438.00	438.00
27	650–700	699	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	484	545.00	545.00
82	550–600	578	477.00	477.00
51	650–700	691	426.00	426.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	388	460.00	460.00
27	400–450	445	550.00	550.00
35	450–500	474	480.00–540.00	502.02
19	500–550	530	471.00–499.00	487.13
40	550–600	577	461.00–476.00	468.20
31	600–650	627	444.00–450.00	445.49
83	650–700	688	408.00–426.00	417.80
69	750–800	785	342.00–381.00	355.89
12	900–950	926	327.50–328.00	327.71
56	950–1000	957	337.75	337.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	634	387.50	387.50
16	650–700	655	375.00	375.00

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.