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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Apr 15

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Apr 1Apr 15Apr 29 →

Receipts

3,035 head

▼ 1,343 vs last sale 4,378▲ 655 vs year ago 2,380 · +27.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 450 lbs. sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steers 450 lbs. and heavier sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 lower with instances of 20.00 to 30.00 lower seen at times. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs. sold mostly steady to firm. Heifers over 650 lbs. sold mostly 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for moderate to heavy offering. Light weight offerings sold with the best demand. Market activity was active with an average size audience on hand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.66/cwt on 464 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −155.93 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.

Average price

$320.66

464 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$33.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.06

vs IA average

+16.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	326.19	1,739	358
Medium 1	521	319.00	1,662	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	564	301.16	1,697	88
Medium and Large 2	531	293.00	1,556	9thin

One grade step is worth $33.19/cwt here — about $183 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale464 hd

320.66

—

IA average7 barns · 1,027 hd

316.60

+4.06

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+16.27

This barn, trailing median14 sales

476.59

−155.93

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.91, low $402.35, median $476.59 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

75 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	309	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,205	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	397.10/cwt	395.00–402.50	1,338	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	345	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,432	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	357	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,310	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,525	19
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	386	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,494	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	388	406.65/cwt	394.00–412.50	1,578	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	402	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,672	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	345.75/cwt	336.00–357.50	1,476	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	377.31/cwt	368.00–397.50	1,622	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	364.23/cwt	360.00–369.00	1,570	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	471	359.96/cwt	349.00–363.00	1,695	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	354.03/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,667	151
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	322.09/cwt	319.00–324.00	1,565	47
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	487	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,510	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	514	297.61/cwt	287.50–305.00	1,530	12
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	521	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,662	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	330.72/cwt	311.50–339.00	1,726	128
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	329.63/cwt	317.50–337.00	1,721	143
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	303.94/cwt	299.00–313.00	1,596	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,556	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	319.32/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,788	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	304.02/cwt	293.00–310.00	1,766	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	300.50/cwt	298.00–305.00	1,794	49
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	606	319.40/cwt	317.00–319.75	1,936	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	296.78/cwt	290.00–312.00	1,840	139
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	270.85/cwt	258.00–281.00	1,701	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	638	286.70/cwt	267.50–293.00	1,829	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	642	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,804	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	664	256.67/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,704	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	255.51/cwt	253.25–267.00	1,709	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	278.20/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,878	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,814	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	265.37/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,919	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	260.39/cwt	254.50–266.50	2,008	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	248.19/cwt	242.00–249.00	2,008	45
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,052	21
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,116	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,191	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	342	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,154	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	361.99/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,245	33
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	357.40/cwt	356.00–365.00	1,344	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	378	343.86/cwt	337.50–346.00	1,300	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	321.11/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,262	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	322.40/cwt	315.00–341.00	1,380	77
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	432	322.10/cwt	307.00–336.00	1,391	48
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	312.23/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,349	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	457	300.80/cwt	282.50–310.00	1,375	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	312.95/cwt	301.00–322.50	1,487	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	486	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,361	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	289.73/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,423	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	492	302.27/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,487	67
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	294.68/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,535	93
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	273.06/cwt	262.50–276.00	1,439	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	281.04/cwt	268.00–304.00	1,498	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	540	309.67/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,672	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	563	297.77/cwt	297.50–298.00	1,676	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	566	266.62/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,509	55
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	259.26/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,470	35
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	572	259.16/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,482	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	291.21/cwt	284.00–297.50	1,669	140
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,490	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	279.69/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,714	69
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	671	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,644	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	254.40/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,712	88
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	720	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,555	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	238.53/cwt	233.00–239.50	1,736	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,791	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	219.24/cwt	216.50–221.75	1,787	47
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,532	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,662	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,624	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,659	6
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,772	7

This sale against other markets

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Russell Livestock Feeder Cattle - Russell, IA

Mon Apr 15, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 3,035Last week 4,378Year ago 2,380

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	337	395.00–402.50	397.10
19	350–400	386	395.00	395.00
23	400–450	431	360.00–369.00	364.23
151	450–500	471	330.00–365.00	354.03
143	500–550	522	317.50–337.00	329.63
56	550–600	560	310.00–327.50	319.32
139	600–650	620	290.00–312.00	296.78
36	650–700	675	270.00–287.50	278.20
21	700–750	723	261.00–270.00	265.37
24	750–800	771	254.50–266.50	260.39
45	800–850	809	242.00–249.00	248.19
21	850–900	855	240.00	240.00
13	950–1000	953	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	642	281.00	281.00
11	650–700	664	254.00–264.00	256.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	357	367.00	367.00
29	400–450	427	336.00–357.50	345.75
47	450–500	486	319.00–324.00	322.09
27	500–550	525	299.00–313.00	303.94
49	550–600	597	298.00–305.00	300.50
12	600–650	628	258.00–281.00	270.85
29	700–750	703	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	309	390.00	390.00
18	350–400	386	387.00	387.00
9	500–550	521	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	415.00	415.00
13	350–400	388	394.00–412.50	406.65
24	400–450	430	368.00–397.50	377.31
24	450–500	471	349.00–363.00	359.96
128	500–550	522	311.50–339.00	330.72
31	550–600	581	293.00–310.00	304.02
8	600–650	638	267.50–293.00	286.70
29	650–700	669	253.25–267.00	255.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	310.00	310.00
12	500–550	514	287.50–305.00	297.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	531	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	402	416.00	416.00
39	600–650	606	317.00–319.75	319.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	378	337.50–346.00	343.86
48	400–450	432	307.00–336.00	322.10
67	450–500	492	297.50–310.00	302.27
25	500–550	533	268.00–304.00	281.04
55	550–600	566	264.00–270.00	266.62
6	600–650	608	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	338	352.50	352.50
18	350–400	393	310.00–335.00	321.11
46	400–450	432	300.00–316.00	312.23
16	450–500	491	275.00–297.50	289.73
22	500–550	527	262.50–276.00	273.06
35	550–600	567	250.00–262.00	259.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	300–350	344	360.00–365.00	361.99
12	350–400	376	356.00–365.00	357.40
77	400–450	428	315.00–341.00	322.40
47	450–500	475	301.00–322.50	312.95
93	500–550	521	287.50–300.00	294.68
140	550–600	573	284.00–297.50	291.21
69	600–650	613	260.00–288.00	279.69
88	650–700	673	245.00–262.00	254.40
13	700–750	728	233.00–239.50	238.53
22	750–800	796	225.00	225.00
47	800–850	815	216.50–221.75	219.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	572	258.00–260.00	259.16
6	650–700	671	245.00	245.00
5	700–750	720	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	486	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	337.50	337.50
20	450–500	457	282.50–310.00	300.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	540	305.00–314.00	309.67
9	550–600	563	297.50–298.00	297.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	440	315.00	315.00
6	550–600	578	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	547	280.00	280.00
6	550–600	597	272.00	272.00
6	750–800	794	209.00	209.00
7	850–900	886	200.00	200.00

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.