Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 4.00 lower, except the 600 to 650 lb. steers, they sold 6.00 higher. Heifers over 600 lbs. sold 5.00 to 16.00 higher, while heifers under 600 lbs. sold on a lighter test last week with a lower undertone noted. Rain for the day helped fill the seats and demand was very good. Supply was heavy with several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.28/cwt on 495 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −141.91 against this barn's trailing median of $428.19.

Average price

$286.28

495 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$38.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.31

vs IA average

+15.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	288.38	1,613	468
Medium and Large 1-2	571	249.84	1,427	27

One grade step is worth $38.54/cwt here — about $187 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.52, low $392.60, median $428.19 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale495 hd

286.28

—

IA average3 barns · 626 hd

284.96

+1.31

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

+15.69

This barn, trailing median16 sales

428.19

−141.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

55 lots · USDA AMS · Russell Livestock Feeder Cattle - Russell, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	249.84/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,427	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	245.07/cwt	235.00–249.50	1,875	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	248.41/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,570	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	307.76/cwt	295.00–318.00	1,483	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	347	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,145	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	302.57/cwt	282.50–315.00	1,731	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,226	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	352.22/cwt	348.00–368.00	1,817	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,912	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	312.29/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,505	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	330.17/cwt	312.00–337.50	2,047	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	340.97/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,480	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	369.60/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,393	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,232	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	643	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	314.61/cwt	294.00–327.00	1,620	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	358.65/cwt	357.50–362.50	1,496	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	315.52/cwt	312.00–322.50	1,634	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	365.55/cwt	352.50–377.50	1,780	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	343	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,321	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,987	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	254.24/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,820	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	295.63/cwt	242.50–302.00	1,827	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	738	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,852	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	424	375.55/cwt	371.00–385.00	1,592	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,498	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	249.73/cwt	243.50–255.00	1,811	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	242.20/cwt	218.00–245.00	1,969	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	328.88/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,408	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	378.96/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,372	24
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,040	8
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,179	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,099	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	315.79/cwt	300.00–343.00	1,216	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	294.45/cwt	273.00–308.00	1,534	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	265.27/cwt	248.00–278.00	1,769	569
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,163	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,748	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	279.02/cwt	262.00–293.00	1,710	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	287.03/cwt	277.00–305.00	1,668	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,456	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,632	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,333	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	264.78/cwt	246.00–277.50	2,060	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	273.88/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,326	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	333.18/cwt	324.00–353.00	1,942	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	564	364.75/cwt	360.00–371.00	2,057	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	432	393.91/cwt	382.50–400.00	1,702	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	364	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,092	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	240.67/cwt	239.00–254.00	2,087	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,585	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	229.57/cwt	224.00–231.00	2,119	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	281.61/cwt	267.00–299.00	2,044	369
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	257.50/cwt	244.00–262.00	2,101	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	293.53/cwt	279.00–310.00	1,943	133

How this sale compares

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.

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Receipts 4,378Last week 3,675Year ago 3,094

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	385	300.00–343.00	315.79
4	400–450	423	275.00	275.00
22	450–500	484	270.00–282.50	273.88
27	550–600	571	240.00–265.00	249.84
20	600–650	632	245.00–249.00	248.41
4	750–800	798	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	362	360.00–387.50	378.96
34	400–450	428	322.50–335.00	328.88
186	450–500	482	295.00–318.00	307.76
152	500–550	521	273.00–308.00	294.45
253	550–600	581	277.00–305.00	287.03
197	600–650	613	262.00–293.00	279.02
569	650–700	667	248.00–278.00	265.27
148	700–750	725	243.50–255.00	249.73
217	750–800	765	235.00–249.50	245.07
84	800–850	813	218.00–245.00	242.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	330.00	330.00
4	350–400	364	300.00	300.00
6	400–450	409	326.00	326.00
17	450–500	487	299.00	299.00
5	500–550	536	281.00	281.00
58	550–600	568	279.00	279.00
14	600–650	609	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,041	196.00	196.00
6	1150–1200	1,179	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	315.00	315.00
8	400–450	434	340.00–342.50	340.97
15	450–500	482	300.00–322.50	312.29
72	500–550	515	294.00–327.00	314.61
73	550–600	572	282.50–315.00	302.57
94	600–650	618	242.50–302.00	295.63
14	650–700	699	273.50	273.50
42	700–750	716	251.00–261.00	254.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	308	398.00	398.00
26	350–400	377	355.00–380.00	369.60
32	400–450	417	357.50–362.50	358.65
93	450–500	487	352.50–377.50	365.55
75	500–550	516	348.00–368.00	352.22
131	550–600	583	324.00–353.00	333.18
120	600–650	620	312.00–337.50	330.17
133	650–700	662	279.00–310.00	293.53
369	700–750	726	267.00–299.00	281.61
187	750–800	778	246.00–277.50	264.78
208	800–850	816	244.00–262.00	257.50
83	850–900	867	239.00–254.00	240.67
55	900–950	923	224.00–231.00	229.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	643	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	343	385.00	385.00
6	350–400	384	390.00	390.00
9	400–450	424	371.00–385.00	375.55
51	500–550	518	312.00–322.50	315.52
73	600–650	619	321.00	321.00
8	700–750	738	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	432	382.50–400.00	393.91
30	550–600	564	360.00–371.00	364.75

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.

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