Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, six weight steers sold steady to 2.00 lower, while all others sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher, except for the 450 - 500 lbs. and 550 - 600 lbs. which sold 7.00 to 14.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $316.65/cwt on 420 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −170.24 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$316.65

420 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$43.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.57

vs IA average

+7.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	322.12	1,727	360
Large 1	542	292.00	1,583	23
Medium and Large 1-2	576	278.74	1,606	37

One grade step is worth $43.38/cwt here — about $121 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 sale420 hd

316.65

—

IA average7 barns · 1,272 hd

308.08

+8.57

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+7.39

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−170.24

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

52 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,683	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,150	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	733	241.25/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,768	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	279.32/cwt	271.00–282.50	1,466	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	255.41/cwt	245.00–258.50	1,563	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	316.20/cwt	301.00–333.00	1,350	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	358.09/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,529	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	300.69/cwt	288.00–314.00	1,693	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	254.14/cwt	244.00–264.50	1,723	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,260	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	335.91/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,629	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	249.19/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,630	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,557	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,224	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	284.98/cwt	272.00–293.00	1,915	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	1,972	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	378.73/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,379	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	283.29/cwt	277.50–297.00	1,759	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	349.22/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,152	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	318.18/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,807	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	261.87/cwt	254.00–264.00	2,184	89
Steers	Large 1	500–550	542	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,583	23
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	569	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,448	26
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	658	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,823	13
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	446	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,249	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	290.69/cwt	282.50–297.50	1,291	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	268.07/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,292	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	328.33/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,701	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	286.66/cwt	272.50–298.00	1,333	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	258.17/cwt	253.00–259.00	1,836	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	284.94/cwt	274.00–296.50	1,747	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,597	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	624	256.40/cwt	248.00–263.00	1,600	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	599	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,462	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	567	274.42/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,556	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,327	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	244.69/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,500	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	254.44/cwt	247.50–259.00	1,305	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,567	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,169	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	240.33/cwt	220.00–254.00	1,267	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	279.03/cwt	266.00–296.00	1,643	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	262.65/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,883	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,230	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	248.54/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,456	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,655	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	672	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	268.27/cwt	248.00–278.00	2,042	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	257.06/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,473	117

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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	473	335.00	335.00
8	550–600	561	300.00	300.00
4	600–650	618	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	310.00	310.00
5	400–450	433	270.00	270.00
14	450–500	490	251.00	251.00
14	500–550	513	247.50–259.00	254.44
22	550–600	586	245.00–252.00	248.54
50	600–650	613	243.00–250.00	244.69
9	650–700	650	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	330	340.00–362.50	349.22
8	350–400	374	337.00	337.00
90	400–450	427	301.00–333.00	316.20
104	450–500	465	272.50–298.00	286.66
96	500–550	525	271.00–282.50	279.32
117	550–600	573	245.00–260.00	257.06
80	600–650	612	245.00–258.50	255.41
11	650–700	654	246.00–251.00	249.19
87	700–750	711	253.00–259.00	258.17
32	850–900	862	228.75	228.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	446	280.00	280.00
26	550–600	569	254.50	254.50
13	650–700	658	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	444	282.50–297.50	290.69
66	450–500	482	265.00–269.00	268.07
17	500–550	527	220.00–254.00	240.33
4	550–600	572	232.00	232.00
4	700–750	733	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	599	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	532	311.00	311.00
28	550–600	563	288.00–314.00	300.69
125	600–650	613	274.00–296.50	284.94
16	650–700	678	244.00–264.50	254.14
24	700–750	733	240.00–242.00	241.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	364	370.00–390.00	378.73
30	400–450	427	345.00–360.00	358.09
61	450–500	485	330.00–360.00	335.91
207	500–550	518	317.50–335.00	328.33
98	550–600	568	315.00–322.50	318.18
42	600–650	621	277.50–297.00	283.29
104	650–700	672	272.00–293.00	284.98
62	700–750	717	252.00–269.00	262.65
154	750–800	761	248.00–278.00	268.27
89	800–850	834	254.00–264.00	261.87
64	850–900	862	258.00	258.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	542	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	546	292.50	292.50
19	550–600	589	266.00–296.00	279.03
6	650–700	695	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	567	260.00–282.50	274.42
7	600–650	624	248.00–263.00	256.40
4	650–700	672	232.00	232.00

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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