Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers mostly sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs. sold 20.00 higher, while heifer over 550 lbs. sold mostly steady to 10.00 lower. Demand was good for moderate to heavy offering. Market activity was active with an average size audience on hand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.26/cwt on 497 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −156.63 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$330.26

497 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$43.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.45

vs IA average

+21.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	337.92	1,830	390
Large 1	560	312.89	1,751	45
Medium and Large 1-2	569	294.69	1,678	62

One grade step is worth $43.23/cwt here — about $152 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.91, low $455.97, median $486.89 across 15 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 sale497 hd

330.26

—

IA average5 barns · 1,079 hd

326.80

+3.45

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+21.65

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−156.63

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

77 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	319.42/cwt	299.00–327.50	1,936	103
Steers	Large 1	750–800	761	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,013	16
Steers	Large 1	550–600	574	295.20/cwt	279.00–304.00	1,694	25
Steers	Large 1	650–700	662	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	221.40/cwt	220.00–230.00	2,172	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	288.53/cwt	265.00–320.00	1,535	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	388.06/cwt	371.00–400.50	1,626	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	348.89/cwt	335.00–357.00	1,842	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	323.99/cwt	319.00–338.00	1,853	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	275.47/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,972	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	295.66/cwt	277.00–310.00	2,022	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	364.75/cwt	354.00–380.00	1,773	145
Steers	Large 1	500–550	542	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,816	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	631	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,089	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	260.57/cwt	239.00–262.50	2,137	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	298.58/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,771	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,659	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	342.83/cwt	300.00–358.00	1,447	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	384.35/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,434	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	376.28/cwt	365.00–397.50	1,622	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	270.29/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,833	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	857	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,885	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	286.65/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,814	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	449	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,518	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	527	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,945	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	341.14/cwt	334.00–352.50	1,747	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	293.78/cwt	287.00–299.00	1,795	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	745	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,863	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	313.14/cwt	297.50–320.00	1,622	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	517	301.56/cwt	295.00–312.00	1,559	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	494	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,571	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	826	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	508	332.64/cwt	330.50–336.00	1,690	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	269.26/cwt	261.00–283.00	1,699	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	373.62/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,285	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	209.16/cwt	203.00–213.00	1,941	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	347.15/cwt	337.50–364.00	1,326	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	250.26/cwt	234.00–258.00	1,807	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	286.17/cwt	270.00–304.00	1,654	182
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	656	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,679	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	332.97/cwt	322.50–347.50	1,568	109
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	458	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,763	3
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	728	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,784	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	253.77/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,733	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	281.11/cwt	267.50–287.00	1,515	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	347.39/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,438	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	263.62/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,561	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	314.06/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,360	9
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	544	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,567	34
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	439	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,466	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,537	7
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	579	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,615	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	279.35/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,603	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	389	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,303	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	484	323.60/cwt	323.00–324.00	1,566	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	282.51/cwt	250.00–292.50	1,331	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	751	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,923	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	224.33/cwt	224.00–225.00	1,548	9
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,004	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,159	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	328.41/cwt	317.00–339.00	1,527	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	379	340.82/cwt	332.50–355.00	1,292	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,510	10
Steers	Large 1	700–750	718	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,888	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	517	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,701	13
Steers	Large 1	350–400	397	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,477	5
Steers	Large 1	600–650	619	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	984	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,106	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	673	287.40/cwt	262.00–295.00	1,934	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	267.17/cwt	264.00–271.50	2,097	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	304.38/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,765	16
Steers	Large 1	400–450	424	337.55/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,431	6

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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Russell Livestock Feeder Cattle - Russell, IA

Mon Apr 29, 2024

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Receipts 3,381Last week 3,035Year ago 3,651

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
33	350–400	373	370.00–392.50	384.35
85	400–450	419	371.00–400.50	388.06
145	450–500	486	354.00–380.00	364.75
166	500–550	528	335.00–357.00	348.89
122	550–600	572	319.00–338.00	323.99
103	600–650	606	299.00–327.50	319.42
128	650–700	684	277.00–310.00	295.66
22	700–750	716	267.00–285.00	275.47
152	750–800	785	264.00–271.50	267.17
75	800–850	820	239.00–262.50	260.57
72	950–1000	981	220.00–230.00	221.40
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	372.00	372.00
6	400–450	424	335.00–340.00	337.55
20	500–550	542	335.00	335.00
25	550–600	574	279.00–304.00	295.20
4	600–650	619	267.50	267.50
6	650–700	662	274.00	274.00
12	700–750	718	263.00	263.00
16	750–800	761	264.50	264.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
81	400–450	422	300.00–358.00	342.83
7	450–500	481	345.00	345.00
24	500–550	532	265.00–320.00	288.53
38	550–600	593	295.00–307.50	298.58
11	600–650	633	285.00–288.00	286.65
14	650–700	678	270.00–271.00	270.29
4	750–800	761	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	527	369.00	369.00
9	600–650	631	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	370.00	370.00
11	400–450	431	365.00–397.50	376.28
70	500–550	512	334.00–352.50	341.14
6	550–600	561	317.50	317.50
16	600–650	611	287.00–299.00	293.78
11	700–750	745	250.00	250.00
6	850–900	857	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	449	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	580	292.50–310.00	304.38
36	650–700	673	262.00–295.00	287.40
5	750–800	751	256.00	256.00
9	950–1000	984	214.00	214.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,004	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	318.00	318.00
12	500–550	517	295.00–312.00	301.56
3	650–700	682	245.00	245.00
5	800–850	826	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	344	370.00–385.00	373.62
96	350–400	382	337.50–364.00	347.15
41	400–450	414	340.00–360.00	347.39
109	450–500	471	322.50–347.50	332.97
142	500–550	518	297.50–320.00	313.14
182	550–600	578	270.00–304.00	286.17
94	600–650	631	261.00–283.00	269.26
99	650–700	683	240.00–265.00	253.77
227	700–750	722	234.00–258.00	250.26
3	750–800	750	235.00	235.00
11	900–950	928	203.00–213.00	209.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	508	330.50–336.00	332.64
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	439	334.00	334.00
4	450–500	458	320.00	320.00
34	500–550	544	288.00	288.00
16	550–600	579	279.00	279.00
7	650–700	656	256.00	256.00
10	700–750	728	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	433	310.00–322.50	314.06
17	450–500	471	250.00–292.50	282.51
13	500–550	539	267.50–287.00	281.11
48	550–600	592	256.00–269.00	263.62
9	650–700	690	224.00–225.00	224.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	379	332.50–355.00	340.82
10	400–450	423	357.00	357.00
45	450–500	465	317.00–339.00	328.41
7	500–550	521	295.00	295.00
11	550–600	574	272.50–285.00	279.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	389	335.00	335.00
31	450–500	484	323.00–324.00	323.60
13	500–550	517	329.00	329.00

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.

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