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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-26

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 26

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Mar 12Mar 26Apr 9 →

Receipts

1,623 head

▲ 208 vs last sale 1,415▼ 183 vs year ago 1,806 · −10.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Special Feeder Cattle Sale held 2 weeks ago, 500 -600 lb feeder steer calves were 9.00 - 14.00 higher with the heavier weight classes 5.00 - 15.00 higher. Today's heifer trade saw the market 6.00 - 10.00 higher. Many packages of quality, home - raised and LTW'd feeder calves were available in today's moderate supply. Demand was very good. The next scheduled feeder calf auction is April 9.

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 $496.94/cwt on 89 head, up $16.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 13 comparable sales and sits +16.59 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$496.94

▲ 16.59 vs prior sale

89 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.26

vs IA average

+18.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	496.94	2,846	89

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 sale89 hd

496.94

—

IA average5 barns · 464 hd

487.68

+9.26

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+18.85

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

+16.59

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

30 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	563.75/cwt	552.50–572.50	2,351	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,557	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,830	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	489.05/cwt	480.00–501.00	2,846	70
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	471.87/cwt	462.50–480.00	2,883	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,788	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	437.43/cwt	420.00–447.00	2,935	60
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,545	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	413.20/cwt	390.00–418.00	2,930	72
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	370.18/cwt	360.00–379.00	2,899	53
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	364.99/cwt	358.00–370.25	3,015	145
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	346.85/cwt	339.50–348.00	3,000	61
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	339.68/cwt	325.00–340.75	3,111	125
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	3,187	49
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,061	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	495.65/cwt	495.00–496.00	2,429	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,253	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	418.74/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,404	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	383.72/cwt	381.00–397.50	2,241	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	384.17/cwt	370.00–389.00	2,466	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	368.82/cwt	355.00–371.00	2,467	66
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	369.15/cwt	352.00–375.00	2,639	70
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,534	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,505	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	345.55/cwt	336.00–360.00	2,671	119
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	322.48/cwt	295.00–327.50	2,644	26
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	327.34/cwt	326.00–330.00	2,799	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	304.40/cwt	302.00–308.00	2,825	30
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,053	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,138	10
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,208	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,778	7

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 Mar 26, 2026

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

Receipts 1,623Last week 1,415Year ago 1,806

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1200–1250	1,208	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	485.00	485.00
31	450–500	490	495.00–496.00	495.65
3	500–550	530	425.00	425.00
40	550–600	574	410.00–427.50	418.74
31	600–650	642	370.00–389.00	384.17
66	650–700	669	355.00–371.00	368.82
70	700–750	715	352.00–375.00	369.15
119	750–800	773	336.00–360.00	345.55
26	800–850	820	295.00–327.50	322.48
9	850–900	855	326.00–330.00	327.34
30	900–950	928	302.00–308.00	304.40
10	1050–1100	1,053	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	584	381.00–397.50	383.72
7	700–750	726	349.00	349.00
8	750–800	759	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	417	552.50–572.50	563.75
6	450–500	467	547.50	547.50
19	500–550	538	526.00	526.00
70	550–600	582	480.00–501.00	489.05
38	600–650	611	462.50–480.00	471.87
60	650–700	671	420.00–447.00	437.43
72	700–750	709	390.00–418.00	413.20
53	750–800	783	360.00–379.00	370.18
145	800–850	826	358.00–370.25	364.99
61	850–900	865	339.50–348.00	346.85
125	900–950	916	325.00–340.75	339.68
49	950–1000	973	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	625	446.00	446.00
3	700–750	707	360.00	360.00

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.