Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Many reputation cattle were offered today. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included many load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.61/cwt on 875 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −156.28 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$330.61

875 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,856

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$19.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.07

vs IA average

+16.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	336.84	1,891	599
Medium and Large 1-2	561	317.08	1,780	276

One grade step is worth $19.76/cwt here — about $111 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

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 sale875 hd

330.61

—

IA average4 barns · 1,615 hd

334.68

−4.07

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+16.51

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−156.28

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

78 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	850–900	873	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,877	5
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	515	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,298	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	301.59/cwt	289.00–320.00	1,595	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	337.28/cwt	323.00–348.00	1,410	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	237.24/cwt	224.00–247.00	1,805	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	289.48/cwt	270.00–304.00	1,656	364
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	446	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	361.91/cwt	357.50–372.00	1,241	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	348.60/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,314	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,744	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	287.65/cwt	260.00–310.00	1,415	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	367	392.84/cwt	392.00–394.00	1,442	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	612	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	326.58/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,532	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	255.93/cwt	237.50–261.75	1,835	324
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	363.46/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,585	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	331.41/cwt	326.00–332.50	1,796	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	403.26/cwt	381.00–412.00	1,504	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	348.56/cwt	322.50–359.00	1,680	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	280.60/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,872	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	316.15/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,815	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	213.59/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,769	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	266.68/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,811	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	318.05/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,689	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	373	425.06/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,585	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	667	315.36/cwt	315.00–316.00	2,103	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	393	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,405	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	347.97/cwt	317.00–358.00	1,479	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	365.13/cwt	355.00–382.50	1,373	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	342.99/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,674	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	283.00/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,772	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	316.52/cwt	270.00–319.00	1,833	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,135	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	386.56/cwt	370.00–393.00	1,678	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	251.25/cwt	251.25–251.25	2,191	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	404.49/cwt	390.00–416.00	1,573	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	368.77/cwt	352.50–384.00	1,766	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	274.24/cwt	262.00–282.50	2,087	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	295.24/cwt	279.00–310.00	2,025	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	334.32/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,919	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	280.83/cwt	267.00–296.00	1,738	249
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	270.26/cwt	252.00–278.00	1,776	147
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	586	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,582	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,655	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	305.10/cwt	282.50–312.50	1,464	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	314.16/cwt	312.00–317.50	1,395	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	281.71/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,487	40
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	701	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,774	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	312.02/cwt	294.00–313.00	1,476	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	278.88/cwt	262.50–285.00	1,562	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	562	306.89/cwt	303.50–320.00	1,725	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	519	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,682	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	337	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,272	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	264.39/cwt	262.50–265.00	1,565	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	703	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,102	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,510	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,669	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	369	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,310	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	260.72/cwt	249.00–264.00	1,656	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	416	336.88/cwt	322.00–341.00	1,401	19
Steers	Large 1	650–700	663	309.75/cwt	309.75–309.75	2,054	23
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	987	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,132	6
Steers	Large 1	600–650	618	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	468	387.92/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,815	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	612	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,081	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	366.29/cwt	364.00–370.00	1,901	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	343.85/cwt	338.00–357.00	1,826	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	314.67/cwt	294.00–328.00	1,960	405
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	270.97/cwt	256.00–280.00	1,992	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	498	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,606	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	895	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,099	6
Steers	Large 1	800–850	824	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,118	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,331	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	258.18/cwt	240.00–265.00	2,099	99

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 May 20, 2024

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Receipts 6,227Last week 3,381Year ago 2,217

No recent auction sale for comparison. Many reputation cattle were offered today. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included many load lots.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	343	357.50–372.00	361.91
25	350–400	377	340.00–355.00	348.60
125	400–450	418	323.00–348.00	337.28
276	450–500	469	320.00–345.00	326.58
267	500–550	529	289.00–320.00	301.59
364	550–600	572	270.00–304.00	289.48
249	600–650	619	267.00–296.00	280.83
147	650–700	657	252.00–278.00	270.26
324	700–750	717	237.50–261.75	255.93
71	750–800	761	224.00–247.00	237.24
5	850–900	873	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	306.00	306.00
5	500–550	515	252.00	252.00
12	550–600	586	270.00	270.00
45	700–750	701	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	367	392.00–394.00	392.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	612	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	400–450	444	312.00–317.50	314.16
96	450–500	480	282.50–312.50	305.10
40	500–550	528	275.00–286.00	281.71
12	550–600	592	262.50–265.00	264.39
10	600–650	627	264.00	264.00
5	650–700	655	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	355.00	355.00
19	400–450	416	322.00–341.00	336.88
81	450–500	473	294.00–313.00	312.02
13	500–550	528	286.00	286.00
34	550–600	560	262.50–285.00	278.88
28	600–650	635	249.00–264.00	260.72
11	650–700	652	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	377.50	377.50
48	500–550	519	324.00	324.00
97	550–600	562	303.50–320.00	306.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	492	260.00–310.00	287.65
5	600–650	641	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	373	381.00–412.00	403.26
8	400–450	436	350.00–387.50	363.46
76	450–500	482	322.50–359.00	348.56
17	500–550	542	326.00–332.50	331.41
66	550–600	574	290.00–325.00	316.15
37	650–700	667	266.00–285.00	280.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	390.00	390.00
36	350–400	376	355.00–382.50	365.13
24	400–450	425	317.00–358.00	347.97
59	450–500	488	340.00–350.00	342.99
101	500–550	531	300.00–330.00	318.05
175	550–600	579	270.00–319.00	316.52
74	600–650	626	275.00–291.00	283.00
12	650–700	679	260.00–273.00	266.68
3	700–750	748	244.00	244.00
4	750–800	783	246.00	246.00
10	800–850	828	210.00–217.00	213.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	350–400	373	415.00–430.00	425.06
28	650–700	667	315.00–316.00	315.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	412.00	412.00
68	350–400	389	390.00–416.00	404.49
38	400–450	434	370.00–393.00	386.56
214	450–500	479	352.50–384.00	368.77
85	500–550	531	338.00–357.00	343.85
370	550–600	574	320.00–348.00	334.32
405	600–650	623	294.00–328.00	314.67
333	650–700	686	279.00–310.00	295.24
162	700–750	735	256.00–280.00	270.97
214	750–800	761	262.00–282.50	274.24
99	800–850	813	240.00–265.00	258.18
61	850–900	872	251.25	251.25
13	950–1000	984	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
126	450–500	468	380.00–400.00	387.92
61	500–550	519	364.00–370.00	366.29
93	600–650	612	340.00	340.00
5	700–750	703	299.00	299.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	618	299.00	299.00
23	650–700	663	309.75	309.75
27	800–850	824	257.00	257.00
6	950–1000	987	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	498	322.50	322.50
6	850–900	895	234.50	234.50

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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