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Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle · Thu, Mar 28

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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 28

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Mar 14Mar 28Apr 11 →

Receipts

848 head

▼ 488 vs last sale 1,336▼ 1,775 vs year ago 2,623 · −67.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE - - - - - Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were steady to 3.00 higher, 700 -800 lb cattle were fully steady. Heifer trade saw light weight 400 - 500 lb calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower and 700 weight heifer cattle fully steady. Many small packages of home raised, long time weaned feeder calves were available in today's light offering. Demand was good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.88/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −143.69 against this barn's trailing median of $418.57.

Average price

$274.88

79 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$15.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.46

vs IA average

+6.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	275.46	1,519	76
Medium and Large 1-2	562	260.00	1,461	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.46/cwt here — about $57 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 sale79 hd

274.88

—

IA average3 barns · 226 hd

286.33

−11.46

National average164 barns · 10,349 hd

267.96

+6.92

This barn, trailing median14 sales

418.57

−143.69

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,234	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	421	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,436	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,403	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	352.99/cwt	345.00–361.00	1,557	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	335.03/cwt	329.00–338.00	1,782	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,492	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,624	5
Steers

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Thu Mar 28, 2024

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

Receipts 848Last week 1,336Year ago 2,623

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	515	293.00	293.00
22	600–650	626	267.25	267.25
8	800–850	831	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	376	315.00–335.00	325.35
16	400–450	416	315.00	315.00
9	450–500	495	261.00–286.00	269.38
20	500–550	520	265.00–287.00	274.66
38	550–600	585	261.00–282.00	267.58
42	600–650

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Clarinda Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Clarinda, Iowa · Thu, Mar 28

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2166

← Mar 14Mar 28Apr 11 →

Receipts

848 head

▼ 488 vs last sale 1,336▼ 1,775 vs year ago 2,623 · −67.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $274.88/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −143.69 against this barn's trailing median of $418.57.

Average price

$274.88

79 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$15.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.46

vs IA average

+6.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	275.46	1,519	76
Medium and Large 1-2	562	260.00	1,461	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.46/cwt here — about $57 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 sale79 hd

274.88

—

IA average3 barns · 226 hd

286.33

−11.46

National average164 barns · 10,349 hd

267.96

+6.92

This barn, trailing median14 sales

418.57

−143.69

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,234	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	421	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,436	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,403	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	352.99/cwt	345.00–361.00	1,557	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	335.03/cwt	329.00–338.00	1,782	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,492	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,624	5
Steers

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Thu Mar 28, 2024

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

Receipts 848Last week 1,336Year ago 2,623

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	515	293.00	293.00
22	600–650	626	267.25	267.25
8	800–850	831	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	376	315.00–335.00	325.35
16	400–450	416	315.00	315.00
9	450–500	495	261.00–286.00	269.38
20	500–550	520	265.00–287.00	274.66
38	550–600	585	261.00–282.00	267.58
42	600–650

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	588	322.50	322.50
36	700–750	703	288.50	288.50
36	800–850	817	249.00	249.00

Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	325.35/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,223	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,310	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,250	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	269.38/cwt	261.00–286.00	1,333	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	515	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,509	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	274.66/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,428	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,461	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	267.58/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,565	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	260.68/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,619	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	626	267.25/cwt	267.25–267.25	1,673	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	248.57/cwt	236.00–250.75	1,705	200
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,660	27
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,709	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	831	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,745	8
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,500	3

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	562	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	350	352.50	352.50
18	400–450	441	345.00–361.00	352.99
21	500–550	532	329.00–338.00	335.03
21	550–600	570	296.00–316.50	312.42
11	600–650	637	305.75	305.75
40	650–700	662	280.00–300.00	291.11
4	700–750	749	260.00	260.00
13	750–800	773	254.00–266.00	262.35
9	800–850	834	244.00	244.00
11	850–900	878	235.00	235.00
13	950–1000	996	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	332.50	332.50
5	500–550	533	280.00	280.00
5	550–600	566	287.00	287.00
10	600–650	613	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	421	341.00	341.00

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Feeder Cattle

Clarinda Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

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