Sale reports / Iowa / Clarinda Livestock Auction / 2026-06-04

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Jun 4
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166
Receipts
1,638 head
▼ 426 vs last sale 2,064▲ 1,638 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago, 400 -500 lb steers calves were 5.00 to 11.00 higher, 600 -700 lb 12.00 to 16.00 higher with no test on heavier yearling cattle. Heifer trade saw 450 -550 lb calves steady to 12.00 higher with 600 - 700 lb calves as much as 12.00 higher. Today's offering consisted of one very large consignment of reputation light weight calves all selling in load lots. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. The next scheduled feeder auction is June 18.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $513.77/cwt on 193 head, up $13.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 13 comparable sales and sits +33.42 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.
Average price
$513.77
▲ 13.32 vs prior sale
193 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,783
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$425
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$50.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.72
vs IA average
+54.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543515.882,801185
Medium and Large 1-2511465.002,3768thin
One grade step is worth $50.88/cwt here — about $425 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 sale193 hd
513.77
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IA average4 barns · 527 hd
496.05
+17.72
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
+54.58
This barn, trailing median13 sales
480.35
+33.42
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
528481435388median 480.3503/1204/2306/0409/1010/22
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

36 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385597.00/cwt597.00–597.002,29820
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned426542.00/cwt542.00–542.002,3099
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433537.88/cwt527.50–545.002,32910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468524.34/cwt509.00–526.002,454120
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,3768
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537528.61/cwt512.00–533.002,839136
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned551465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,56216
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564488.07/cwt475.00–495.002,75333
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617471.95/cwt455.00–477.002,912113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620445.94/cwt440.00–452.502,76520
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663435.65/cwt420.00–445.002,88863
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692412.97/cwt411.00–417.502,85813
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,83544
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned717367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,63510
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,86529
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817358.21/cwt344.00–366.002,92734
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1888340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,0194
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7114
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370546.00/cwt546.00–546.002,02020
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,0726
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452514.00/cwt514.00–514.002,323100
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477467.46/cwt450.00–485.002,2308
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526463.29/cwt443.00–467.502,437146
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,3145
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned556427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,37711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,1824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581440.21/cwt440.00–441.002,55897
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620412.83/cwt395.00–433.002,56044
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620378.74/cwt355.00–385.002,34820
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683367.83/cwt360.00–374.002,51229
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned686355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,43514
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733343.80/cwt335.00–350.002,52034
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766340.92/cwt340.00–343.002,61116
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1889322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,8638
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1456497.50/cwt497.50–497.502,2699
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4369

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.