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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Nov 12

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Nov 5Nov 12latest

Receipts

1,347 head

▲ 614 vs last sale 733▼ 10 vs year ago 1,357 · −0.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction last week 500 to 600 lb steer calves were 12.00 to 18.00 higher, 700 lb cattle were 11.00 to 16.00 higher. Heifer trade saw a sharply higher market across all weight groups. Available today were high quality, reputation, green feeder calves mostly off the cow but double vaccinated. Demand was very good with very active internet bidding, Trade was active. The next scheduled special feeder auction is Nov. 19.

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 $426.89/cwt on 316 head, up $39.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −51.04 against this barn's trailing median of $477.92.

Average price

$426.89

▲ 39.29 vs prior sale

316 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,375

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$41.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.48

vs IA average

+8.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	430.60	2,390	288
Medium and Large 1-2	570	388.68	2,217	28

One grade step is worth $41.92/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale316 hd

426.89

—

IA average4 barns · 879 hd

419.41

+7.48

National average131 barns · 16,955 hd

418.64

+8.25

This barn, trailing median15 sales

477.92

−51.04

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

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $387.60, median $477.92 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	282	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,417	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	394	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,911	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	418	481.33/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,012	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	428	434.67/cwt	431.00–440.00	1,860	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,379	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	466.65/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,240	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	489	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,264	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	421.23/cwt	415.00–427.50	2,136	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	516	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,131	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	450.64/cwt	449.00–458.00	2,393	131
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	568	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,124	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	419.14/cwt	410.00–436.00	2,423	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	410.18/cwt	396.00–427.00	2,375	94
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,332	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	383.47/cwt	364.00–390.00	2,370	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	393.96/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,494	74
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,858	55
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	356.95/cwt	351.00–370.00	2,374	64
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	347.70/cwt	335.00–351.50	2,343	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	333.71/cwt	320.00–342.00	2,366	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	735	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,367	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	768	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,450	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	898	330.25/cwt	330.25–330.25	2,966	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	943	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,692	13
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	277.75/cwt	277.75–277.75	2,728	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	438.21/cwt	436.00–444.00	1,840	36
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,827	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,934	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,988	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	511	398.01/cwt	381.00–407.50	2,034	62
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	352.48/cwt	349.00–357.00	1,882	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	379.99/cwt	362.00–387.00	2,033	69
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,189	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,011	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,308	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	322.33/cwt	322.00–323.00	2,021	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	658	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,237	22
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,567	4

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 12, 2026

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

Receipts 1,347Last week 733Year ago 1,357

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	534	349.00–357.00	352.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	420	436.00–444.00	438.21
7	450–500	474	408.00	408.00
62	500–550	511	381.00–407.50	398.01
16	550–600	579	378.00	378.00
18	600–650	627	322.00–323.00	322.33
22	650–700	658	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	420.00	420.00
18	450–500	482	412.50	412.50
69	500–550	535	362.00–387.00	379.99
4	550–600	583	345.00	345.00
32	600–650	601	384.00	384.00
4	900–950	904	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	428	431.00–440.00	434.67
5	450–500	489	463.00	463.00
5	500–550	516	413.00	413.00
11	550–600	568	374.00	374.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	502.50	502.50
9	350–400	394	485.00	485.00
11	400–450	418	460.00–490.00	481.33
8	450–500	474	502.00	502.00
131	500–550	531	449.00–458.00	450.64
94	550–600	579	396.00–427.00	410.18
74	600–650	633	385.00–400.00	393.96
64	650–700	665	351.00–370.00	356.95
8	700–750	735	322.00	322.00
17	750–800	768	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	595	392.00	392.00
21	650–700	674	335.00–351.50	347.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	480	465.00–470.00	466.65
8	500–550	507	415.00–427.50	421.23
55	550–600	578	410.00–436.00	419.14
38	600–650	618	364.00–390.00	383.47
55	650–700	657	435.00	435.00
8	700–750	709	320.00–342.00	333.71
63	850–900	898	330.25	330.25
13	900–950	943	285.50	285.50
24	950–1000	982	277.75	277.75

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.