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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Sep 24

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Sep 10Sep 24Oct 8 →

Receipts

1,483 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 1,450▼ 2 vs year ago 1,485 · −0.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago yearling cattle, both steers & heifers were steady with a slight lower undertone. No trend established on new crop calves due to low receipts for previous sale. Available today were load lots of green yearling steers and heifers from reputation farms. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. Active internet bidding. The next scheduled feeder cattle special is Oct 8.

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 $402.05/cwt on 71 head, down $14.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −78.30 against this barn's trailing median of $480.35.

Average price

$402.05

▼ 14.23 vs prior sale

71 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,246

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.90

vs IA average

−3.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	402.05	2,246	71

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 sale71 hd

402.05

—

IA average5 barns · 333 hd

402.94

−0.90

National average175 barns · 12,027 hd

405.41

−3.36

This barn, trailing median13 sales

480.35

−78.30

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

31 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	344	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,892	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	444	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,142	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	477	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,123	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,173	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,117	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	574	400.93/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,301	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	597	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,328	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,195	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	379.11/cwt	374.50–380.00	2,434	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	337.25/cwt	337.25–337.25	2,307	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,494	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,846	76
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	347.31/cwt	344.00–363.00	2,733	186
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	347.19/cwt	339.00–348.50	2,875	113
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	853	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,593	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	323.47/cwt	320.50–335.00	2,876	80
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	322.98/cwt	316.50–325.50	2,946	40
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,892	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	1,999	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	372.36/cwt	369.00–375.00	1,951	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,896	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	547	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	1,966	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,979	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	319.64/cwt	316.00–322.50	2,103	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,417	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,454	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	321.80/cwt	315.00–323.00	2,619	53
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,577	63
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	287.67/cwt	285.75–311.00	2,693	202
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,042	276.25/cwt	276.25–276.25	2,879	56

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 Sep 24, 2026

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

Receipts 1,483Last week 1,450Year ago 1,485

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	547	359.50	359.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	512	390.50	390.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	528	359.00	359.00
3	800–850	802	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	456	415.00	415.00
43	500–550	524	369.00–375.00	372.36
5	550–600	556	356.00	356.00
36	650–700	658	316.00–322.50	319.64
14	700–750	737	328.00	328.00
53	800–850	814	315.00–323.00	321.80
63	850–900	884	291.50	291.50
202	900–950	936	285.75–311.00	287.67
56	1000–1050	1,042	276.25	276.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	470	405.00	405.00
10	500–550	532	398.00	398.00
5	550–600	597	390.00	390.00
24	600–650	642	374.50–380.00	379.11
21	650–700	684	337.25	337.25
76	700–750	747	381.00	381.00
186	750–800	787	344.00–363.00	347.31
113	800–850	828	339.00–348.50	347.19
80	850–900	889	320.50–335.00	323.47
40	900–950	912	316.50–325.50	322.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	344	550.00	550.00
29	400–450	444	482.50	482.50
5	450–500	477	445.00	445.00
18	500–550	530	410.00	410.00
38	550–600	574	395.00–405.00	400.93
11	600–650	627	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	727	343.00	343.00
4	850–900	853	304.00	304.00

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.