Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers under 600 lbs. sold with a higher undertone noted on a light test last week, while heavier steers sold mostly 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs. sold with a higher undertone on a light test last week, while heavier heifers sold with a lower undertone on a light test this week. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included several groups of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $295.79/cwt on 633 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −191.10 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$295.79

633 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$33.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.25

vs IA average

−4.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	298.84	1,674	575
Medium and Large 1-2	547	265.62	1,454	58

One grade step is worth $33.22/cwt here — about $220 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.

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 sale633 hd

295.79

—

IA average4 barns · 1,094 hd

294.55

+1.25

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−4.90

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−191.10

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

67 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 1-2	400–450	437	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,311	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	319.75/cwt	319.75–319.75	1,934	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	351.47/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,497	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	262.61/cwt	254.50–265.00	2,190	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	382.65/cwt	372.50–386.00	1,362	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	299.48/cwt	283.50–311.75	1,719	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	249.25/cwt	249.25–249.25	2,041	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	265.71/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,382	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	246.17/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,521	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	333.32/cwt	323.00–341.00	1,603	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,366	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	262.94/cwt	256.50–270.25	1,877	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	653	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	265.51/cwt	256.00–275.00	1,537	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	278.21/cwt	262.00–285.50	1,870	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,485	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	274.93/cwt	271.00–278.00	1,443	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,938	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	290.47/cwt	275.00–302.00	1,400	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	704	250.46/cwt	246.50–256.00	1,763	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	659	260.43/cwt	254.00–264.50	1,716	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,359	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	264.25/cwt	258.00–282.50	1,522	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	424	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,357	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	254.86/cwt	243.00–262.50	1,593	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	305.15/cwt	302.00–307.00	1,541	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,229	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,270	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,476	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,403	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,110	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	278.10/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,568	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	251.08/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,700	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	253.07/cwt	243.00–264.50	1,632	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,029	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	261.05/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,360	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	236.67/cwt	235.75–239.00	1,945	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,059	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	342.77/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,316	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	276.13/cwt	264.00–291.00	1,452	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,761	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,258	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,471	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,175	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	319.13/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,334	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,818	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	309	341.35/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,055	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	305.51/cwt	298.00–314.00	1,448	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	237.76/cwt	232.50–244.00	1,572	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	581	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	251.22/cwt	237.50–258.00	1,233	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,299	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	756	278.25/cwt	278.25–278.25	2,104	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	233.66/cwt	207.00–250.00	1,355	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	557	255.74/cwt	248.00–261.00	1,424	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	318.76/cwt	314.00–326.00	1,199	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	494	268.56/cwt	263.00–292.50	1,327	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	250.08/cwt	244.00–266.00	1,568	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	319.00/cwt	307.50–330.00	1,703	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	247.49/cwt	225.00–255.50	1,302	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	251.75/cwt	246.00–256.50	2,223	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	404.48/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,335	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	277.57/cwt	264.00–288.50	1,765	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	539	250.52/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,350	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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	437	300.00	300.00
31	500–550	520	261.00–270.00	265.71
27	550–600	579	256.00–275.00	265.51
13	600–650	618	230.00–260.00	246.17
6	650–700	675	220.00	220.00
5	700–750	702	239.00	239.00
16	800–850	819	249.25	249.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	600–650	605	319.75	319.75
60	750–800	756	278.25	278.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	390.00–420.00	404.48
17	350–400	356	372.50–386.00	382.65
56	400–450	426	340.00–367.50	351.47
103	450–500	481	323.00–341.00	333.32
170	500–550	534	307.50–330.00	319.00
296	550–600	574	283.50–311.75	299.48
46	600–650	636	264.00–288.50	277.57
20	650–700	672	262.00–285.50	278.21
84	700–750	714	256.50–270.25	262.94
13	750–800	757	256.00	256.00
96	800–850	834	254.50–265.00	262.61
61	850–900	883	246.00–256.50	251.75
3	950–1000	990	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	394	345.00	345.00
12	400–450	427	320.00	320.00
10	450–500	482	275.00–302.00	290.47
22	500–550	525	271.00–278.00	274.93
81	550–600	576	258.00–282.50	264.25
44	600–650	625	243.00–262.50	254.86
50	650–700	659	254.00–264.50	260.43
28	700–750	704	246.50–256.00	250.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	424	320.00	320.00
4	650–700	653	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	539	240.00–261.00	250.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	500–550	505	302.00–307.00	305.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	384	337.50–355.00	342.77
64	400–450	418	305.00–335.00	319.13
141	450–500	474	298.00–314.00	305.51
148	500–550	526	264.00–291.00	276.13
74	550–600	564	265.00–280.00	278.10
26	600–650	645	243.00–264.50	253.07
43	650–700	677	240.00–255.00	251.08
27	700–750	727	250.00	250.00
52	800–850	822	235.75–239.00	236.67
3	850–900	886	229.00	229.00
3	900–950	936	220.00	220.00
7	950–1000	959	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	312.50	312.50
9	400–450	416	302.50	302.50
18	450–500	491	237.50–258.00	251.22
29	500–550	521	260.00–262.50	261.05
15	550–600	580	207.00–250.00	233.66
11	600–650	626	235.00	235.00
11	650–700	666	195.00	195.00
18	800–850	808	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	309	325.00–345.00	341.35
10	350–400	376	314.00–326.00	318.76
35	450–500	494	263.00–292.50	268.56
25	500–550	526	225.00–255.50	247.49
69	550–600	557	248.00–261.00	255.74
39	600–650	627	244.00–266.00	250.08
16	650–700	661	232.50–244.00	237.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	581	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	372.50	372.50
3	400–450	413	307.50	307.50
3	500–550	501	280.00	280.00
9	550–600	557	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	525	235.00	235.00

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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