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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-05

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Nov 5

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Oct 22Nov 5latest

Receipts

733 head

▼ 224 vs last sale 957▼ 976 vs year ago 1,709 · −57.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previously reported auction (Oct 22) both steers and heifers were not well compared but sold with a definite lower undertone. Available today were load lots of yearling heifers along with packages of new crop, double vaccinated feeder calves with many just off the cow. Demand was good for today's light supply. Active internet bidding. The next scheduled special feeder auction is Nov 12.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.16/cwt on 54 head, down $39.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −70.40 against this barn's trailing median of $418.57.

Average price

$348.16

▼ 39.99 vs prior sale

54 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

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

$50.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.53

vs IA average

−8.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	359.43	1,952	42
Medium and Large 1-2	550	308.75	1,698	12thin

One grade step is worth $50.68/cwt here — about $254 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 sale54 hd

348.16

—

IA average5 barns · 634 hd

376.69

−28.53

National average141 barns · 11,931 hd

356.28

−8.12

This barn, trailing median14 sales

418.57

−70.40

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

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $451.61, low $348.16, median $418.57 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

34 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,849	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,796	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	461.39/cwt	450.00–464.00	2,229	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,020	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	575	397.65/cwt	395.00–399.50	2,286	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	384.81/cwt	380.50–390.00	2,213	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,138	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	603	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,291	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	603	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,141	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,287	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	683	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,309	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	359.73/cwt	352.00–384.00	2,482	72
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,270	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	763	299.46/cwt	284.00–306.00	2,285	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,493	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	429.63/cwt	413.00–447.00	1,770	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,722	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	452	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,835	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,993	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	357.12/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,893	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,011	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	330.65/cwt	317.00–342.50	2,020	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	326.86/cwt	324.00–328.00	2,059	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	685	297.67/cwt	297.00–300.00	2,039	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,824	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,380	14
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	293.40/cwt	286.00–294.00	2,517	66
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,582	62
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,685	53
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,751	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,753	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,880	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 Nov 5, 2026

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

Receipts 733Last week 957Year ago 1,709

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	508	345.00	345.00
9	650–700	674	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	415.00	415.00
9	500–550	530	376.00	376.00
13	550–600	572	351.50	351.50
34	600–650	630	324.00–328.00	326.86
6	750–800	793	230.00	230.00
14	800–850	800	297.50	297.50
66	850–900	858	286.00–294.00	293.40
62	900–950	909	284.00	284.00
53	950–1000	973	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	412	413.00–447.00	429.63
3	450–500	452	406.00	406.00
20	500–550	530	340.00–360.00	357.12
28	600–650	611	317.00–342.50	330.65
13	650–700	685	297.00–300.00	297.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	320.00	320.00
9	550–600	565	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	400.00	400.00
9	500–550	549	368.00	368.00
19	550–600	575	380.50–390.00	384.81
23	600–650	605	378.00	378.00
72	650–700	690	352.00–384.00	359.73
24	700–750	705	322.00	322.00
3	800–850	820	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	430.00	430.00
20	450–500	483	450.00–464.00	461.39
35	550–600	575	395.00–399.50	397.65
20	600–650	603	380.00	380.00
18	650–700	683	338.00	338.00
14	750–800	763	284.00–306.00	299.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	603	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	599	357.00	357.00

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.