Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2024-07-15

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jul 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
1,207 head
▼ 297 vs last sale 1,504▼ 274 vs year ago 1,481 · −18.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was moderate and included a few load lots. Supply was also moderate today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $318.66/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −157.93 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.
Average price
$318.66
143 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,732
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$66.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs IA average
+27.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529337.251,78385
Medium and Large 1-2562294.681,65750
Large 1580271.001,5728thin
One grade step is worth $66.25/cwt here — about $211 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 sale143 hd
318.66
—
IA average1 barns · 143 hd
318.66
+0.00
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
+27.57
This barn, trailing median14 sales
476.59
−157.93
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
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

45 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2311350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0893
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1352382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3467
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421361.54/cwt360.00–362.001,52218
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441347.15/cwt345.00–347.501,53126
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456352.46/cwt347.00–367.501,60724
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484315.13/cwt299.00–327.501,52526
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512331.49/cwt329.00–338.001,69736
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,85427
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540289.72/cwt274.00–293.001,56422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573318.76/cwt313.00–330.001,82622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580298.58/cwt285.00–304.001,73228
Steers550–600Large 1580271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,5728
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611324.31/cwt308.00–334.001,98265
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620281.39/cwt250.00–291.001,74513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655268.00/cwt266.00–270.001,7558
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668286.42/cwt272.00–290.001,91368
Steers650–700Large 1695265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,84212
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724240.27/cwt235.00–252.001,74013
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1741273.07/cwt260.00–278.002,02380
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1754259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,9538
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,8883
Steers800–850Large 1826244.50/cwt244.50–244.502,02021
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834256.73/cwt246.00–258.502,14172
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855264.75/cwt264.75–264.752,26464
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0253
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380337.08/cwt327.50–350.001,2817
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed398356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,4173
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2786
Heifers400–450Large 1436307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,3395
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4427
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477320.28/cwt311.00–322.001,52863
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,6538
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526292.18/cwt287.50–306.001,53729
Heifers550–600Large 1581272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,5808
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582266.89/cwt261.00–270.001,55358
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631268.62/cwt265.00–273.001,69546
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1702247.02/cwt247.00–247.501,73467
Heifers700–750Large 1708249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,76328
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,89030
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1836229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,91410
Heifers850–900Large 1858229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,9653
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1895225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0149
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3024
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1592270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5985
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7014

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.