Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 14.00 higher, except the 700 to 750 lb. steers, which sold 7.00 lower. Heifers sold 3.00 to 12.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included a few load lots of steers cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.24/cwt on 412 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −176.65 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$310.24

412 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$39.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.85

vs IA average

+4.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	318.65	1,705	311
Large 1	558	302.67	1,690	21
Medium and Large 1-2	543	279.54	1,518	80

One grade step is worth $39.11/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

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 sale412 hd

310.24

—

IA average5 barns · 1,157 hd

303.40

+6.85

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+4.80

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−176.65

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

65 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	450–500	497	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,660	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	729	236.54/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,724	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	274.80/cwt	267.00–284.00	1,816	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	322.09/cwt	321.00–325.00	1,388	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	262.07/cwt	241.00–268.00	2,044	89
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,515	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	285.45/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,884	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	320.17/cwt	313.00–329.00	1,684	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	313.88/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,770	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,096	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,192	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	256.23/cwt	249.00–260.25	1,842	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	338.24/cwt	336.00–340.00	1,414	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	285.61/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,794	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	285.02/cwt	275.50–295.00	1,790	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	272.06/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,450	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,832	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	270.58/cwt	260.00–280.50	1,545	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,176	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	242.50/cwt	236.00–246.50	1,649	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	254.88/cwt	247.00–261.50	2,205	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	311.13/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,335	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,293	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,091	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	293.70/cwt	284.00–307.00	1,366	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	249.47/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,569	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,925	10
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	548	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,688	13
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,382	5
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,329	8
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,850	9
Steers	Large 1	900–950	919	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,114	5
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	595	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,309	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	851	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,928	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	532	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,530	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	411	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,397	4
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,691	8
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,407	9
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	243.17/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,785	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,353	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	232.44/cwt	218.00–236.00	1,790	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,574	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,485	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,434	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	227.49/cwt	227.49–227.49	1,224	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	263.16/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,647	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	263.10/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,510	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,317	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	586	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	458	238.87/cwt	225.00–242.50	1,094	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	246.60/cwt	234.00–262.50	1,534	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	261.24/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,296	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	246.40/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,671	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	293.22/cwt	267.00–306.00	1,545	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,351	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	300.57/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,286	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	397	350.23/cwt	343.00–355.00	1,390	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	330	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	611	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,375	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	461	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,003	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	258.06/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,468	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	332.25/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,302	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,175	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	383.59/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,396	11

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 2,314Last week 2,687Year ago 2,770

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	364	367.50–390.00	383.59
23	400–450	418	336.00–340.00	338.24
36	450–500	497	334.00	334.00
236	500–550	526	313.00–329.00	320.17
75	550–600	564	305.00–317.50	313.88
204	600–650	628	275.50–295.00	285.02
50	650–700	660	270.00–291.00	285.45
44	700–750	719	249.00–260.25	256.23
89	750–800	780	241.00–268.00	262.07
138	850–900	865	247.00–261.50	254.88
19	900–950	936	232.50	232.50
7	950–1000	980	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	397	343.00–355.00	350.23
15	400–450	431	321.00–325.00	322.09
85	600–650	628	275.00–300.00	285.61
35	650–700	661	267.00–284.00	274.80
9	700–750	729	220.00–245.00	236.54
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	548	308.00	308.00
8	550–600	575	294.00	294.00
7	650–700	655	259.00	259.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	919	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	297.50	297.50
50	500–550	527	267.00–306.00	293.22
21	550–600	574	260.00–270.00	263.10
44	600–650	626	250.00–265.00	263.16
20	650–700	678	240.00–257.00	246.40
36	700–750	734	234.00–244.00	243.17
15	750–800	770	218.00–236.00	232.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	247.50	247.50
5	450–500	461	217.50	217.50
5	500–550	538	227.49	227.49
4	550–600	586	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	626	242.00	242.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	474	302.50	302.50
10	550–600	580	256.00	256.00
17	650–700	695	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	320	341.00	341.00
20	350–400	392	330.00–335.00	332.25
22	400–450	429	307.00–315.00	311.13
68	450–500	465	284.00–307.00	293.70
113	500–550	533	255.00–280.00	272.06
66	550–600	571	260.00–280.50	270.58
42	600–650	629	245.00–252.00	249.47
56	650–700	680	236.00–246.50	242.50
29	800–850	800	229.00	229.00
10	850–900	875	220.00	220.00
6	1050–1100	1,096	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	468	284.00	284.00
9	500–550	523	269.00	269.00
5	600–650	614	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	595	220.00	220.00
9	1100–1150	1,101	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	850–900	851	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	411	340.00	340.00
14	500–550	532	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	442	298.00	298.00
8	450–500	496	259.00–265.00	261.24
6	500–550	547	247.00	247.00
21	550–600	559	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	458	225.00–242.50	238.87
6	600–650	611	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	297.50	297.50
10	400–450	428	295.00–305.00	300.57
29	550–600	569	250.00–264.00	258.06
52	600–650	622	234.00–262.50	246.60

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