Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2024-06-03

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jun 3
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
1,500 head
▼ 4,727 vs last sale 6,227▼ 2,364 vs year ago 3,864 · −61.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monday's sale to lightly test throughout the day for an adequate market comparison to last week. However, a lower undertone was noted. Monday's sale followed the downward trend the CME feeder and live cattle board has shown the public the last two weeks. Last week cash feedlot sales traded steady to 2.00 lower on a live basis from 188.00 to 192.00 and dressed sales sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower from 300.00 to 301.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $318.85/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −157.74 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.
Average price
$318.85
124 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$57.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.49
vs IA average
+9.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552329.781,82194
Medium and Large 1-2573287.021,64525
Large 1588272.501,6025thin
One grade step is worth $57.28/cwt here — about $218 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale124 hd
318.85
—
IA average3 barns · 397 hd
332.34
−13.49
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
+9.69
This barn, trailing median14 sales
476.59
−157.74
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
527481435388median 476.5903/0204/2706/2209/1410/26
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

53 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1303437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,3269
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned339355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2034
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380353.67/cwt335.00–370.001,34429
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned399372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,4869
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440318.72/cwt312.50–322.501,40213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1446385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,71713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned447327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4643
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487350.06/cwt344.00–370.001,70539
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2496288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,4284
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519320.80/cwt310.00–327.501,66524
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520334.94/cwt325.00–352.501,74221
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573287.02/cwt260.00–307.501,64525
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582331.97/cwt317.50–347.501,93249
Steers550–600Large 1Unweaned588272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,6025
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned603275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,65811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632300.93/cwt288.00–322.501,90278
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7495
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668283.49/cwt277.00–289.001,89474
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677260.56/cwt239.00–272.001,76431
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed688303.50/cwt303.50–303.502,08865
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728263.09/cwt259.00–272.001,91537
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy732265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9403
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759252.60/cwt244.00–260.501,91720
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7735
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,10639
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Unweaned859237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,0364
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866235.08/cwt227.50–241.002,0367
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1954225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1474
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,3154
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372367.34/cwt350.00–375.001,36716
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,2534
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412325.52/cwt315.00–335.001,34121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2934
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,41618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472281.25/cwt273.00–290.001,3288
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483311.33/cwt308.00–322.501,50423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned496267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3274
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532267.96/cwt242.00–287.501,4267
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533297.41/cwt282.50–312.501,58597
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned553230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2725
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570285.90/cwt280.00–290.001,63045
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571260.35/cwt250.00–267.501,48712
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6246
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630266.36/cwt257.50–280.001,67834
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5866
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677253.11/cwt248.00–256.001,71419
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1703253.32/cwt244.00–255.001,78126
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1751243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,82932
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,67610
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,078195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,1023
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1316340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0744
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3975
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1461335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5449

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.