Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-11-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold steady to 20.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 24.00 higher, except for the 400 - 450 lb. heifers which sold 5.00 lower. Todays sale included a nice distribution across nearly all weight groups. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.72/cwt on 651 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −167.17 against this barn's trailing median of $486.89.

Average price

$319.72

651 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$41.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.32

vs IA average

−4.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	323.92	1,770	538
Large 1	548	318.97	1,747	53
Medium and Large 1-2	569	282.68	1,609	60

One grade step is worth $41.24/cwt here — about $161 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 sale651 hd

319.72

—

IA average7 barns · 1,806 hd

310.39

+9.32

National average38 barns · 6,986 hd

323.78

−4.06

This barn, trailing median15 sales

486.89

−167.17

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

72 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 1Unweaned	550–600	577	271.71/cwt	245.00–277.00	1,568	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	360.15/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,527	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	353.78/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,677	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,187	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,656	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,453	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	398.86/cwt	395.00–406.00	1,460	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,173	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	413.77/cwt	412.00–417.50	1,403	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,163	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	319.55/cwt	297.50–329.50	1,793	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	334.31/cwt	323.00–356.00	1,779	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	294.93/cwt	259.00–305.00	1,961	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	303.58/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,454	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	262.97/cwt	262.10–263.85	1,846	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	246.55/cwt	246.00–247.10	2,207	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	273.69/cwt	267.00–274.50	2,124	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	272.51/cwt	264.00–276.50	1,948	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	281.53/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,624	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	310.78/cwt	300.00–329.00	1,349	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	263.68/cwt	254.00–267.00	1,624	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	262.83/cwt	242.50–264.00	1,729	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	316.48/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,187	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	292.98/cwt	275.00–302.00	1,553	269
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,649	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	256.95/cwt	242.00–262.00	2,014	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	315.92/cwt	312.50–326.00	1,061	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,263	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	256.65/cwt	256.50–256.85	2,069	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	293.62/cwt	272.50–308.00	1,859	280
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,503	11
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,515	17
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,621	33
Steers	Large 1	350–400	385	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,376	4
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	523	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,433	8
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	389	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,264	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	517	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	1,647	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	426	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,436	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	321	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,115	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	705	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,073	76
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,787	28
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	507	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	1,691	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,875	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	229.20/cwt	221.00–236.00	1,563	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	284.40/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,627	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	446	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,311	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	356	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,299	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	356.44/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,351	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	237.44/cwt	232.00–247.50	1,361	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	332.11/cwt	329.00–334.00	1,451	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	247.71/cwt	225.00–265.00	1,538	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	249.90/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,844	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,191	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,101	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,313	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	236.90/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,845	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	541	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,298	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	675	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	516	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,290	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	291.20/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,765	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	276.21/cwt	264.50–291.00	1,873	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	328.46/cwt	322.00–337.00	1,577	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	330.45/cwt	320.00–346.00	1,447	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	291.50/cwt	289.00–295.00	1,393	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,131	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	760	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,702	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	339	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	983	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	308.21/cwt	289.00–319.00	1,652	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,597	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	246.42/cwt	225.00–254.00	1,552	23

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 3,780Last week 2,482Year ago 2,308

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	290.00	290.00
15	350–400	390	290.00	290.00
3	400–450	441	266.00	266.00
25	450–500	478	289.00–295.00	291.50
31	550–600	577	245.00–277.00	271.71
23	600–650	630	225.00–254.00	246.42
6	750–800	760	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	336	312.50–326.00	315.92
31	350–400	375	310.00–320.00	316.48
115	400–450	434	300.00–329.00	310.78
131	450–500	479	290.00–312.50	303.58
269	500–550	530	275.00–302.00	292.98
119	550–600	577	270.00–297.00	281.53
76	600–650	616	254.00–267.00	263.68
56	650–700	658	242.50–264.00	262.83
127	700–750	702	262.10–263.85	262.97
85	750–800	784	242.00–262.00	256.95
188	800–850	806	256.50–256.85	256.65
120	850–900	895	246.00–247.10	246.55
6	1000–1050	1,024	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	495	306.00	306.00
33	550–600	558	290.50	290.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	389	325.00	325.00
8	500–550	523	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	321	347.50	347.50
3	350–400	356	365.00	365.00
18	400–450	426	337.00	337.00
24	500–550	517	318.50	318.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	295.00	295.00
5	350–400	389	283.00	283.00
9	450–500	458	260.00	260.00
4	500–550	515	255.00	255.00
26	550–600	573	232.00–247.50	237.44
11	650–700	682	221.00–236.00	229.20
14	800–850	826	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	541	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	339	412.00–417.50	413.77
33	350–400	366	395.00–406.00	398.86
85	400–450	424	350.00–375.00	360.15
81	450–500	474	340.00–370.00	353.78
228	500–550	532	323.00–356.00	334.31
243	550–600	561	297.50–329.50	319.55
280	600–650	633	272.50–308.00	293.62
122	650–700	665	259.00–305.00	294.93
39	700–750	715	264.00–276.50	272.51
47	750–800	776	267.00–274.50	273.69
68	800–850	827	264.50	264.50
18	850–900	894	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	377.50	377.50
16	400–450	438	320.00–346.00	330.45
19	450–500	480	322.00–337.00	328.46
53	500–550	536	289.00–319.00	308.21
14	550–600	571	290.00	290.00
43	600–650	606	270.00–297.00	291.20
24	650–700	678	264.50–291.00	276.21
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	414	363.00	363.00
25	500–550	507	333.50	333.50
28	550–600	584	306.00	306.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	700–750	705	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	379	345.00–370.00	356.44
16	400–450	437	329.00–334.00	332.11
57	550–600	572	270.00–297.00	284.40
12	600–650	621	225.00–265.00	247.71
10	700–750	738	240.00–254.00	249.90
8	750–800	779	235.00–240.00	236.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	516	250.00	250.00
3	650–700	675	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	587	281.00	281.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	357.50	357.50
7	500–550	522	306.00	306.00

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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