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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

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

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Nov 11

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Oct 28Nov 11Nov 18 →

Receipts

2,314 head

▼ 373 vs last sale 2,687▼ 456 vs year ago 2,770 · −16.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 14.00 higher, except the 700 to 750 lb. steers, which sold 7.00 lower. Heifers sold 3.00 to 12.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included a few load lots of steers cattle.

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 $310.24/cwt on 412 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −166.34 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.

Average price

$310.24

412 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$39.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.85

vs IA average

+4.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	318.65	1,705	311
Large 1	558	302.67	1,690	21
Medium and Large 1-2	543	279.54	1,518	80

One grade step is worth $39.11/cwt here — about $187 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 sale412 hd

310.24

—

IA average5 barns · 1,157 hd

303.40

+6.85

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+4.80

This barn, trailing median14 sales

476.59

−166.34

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

65 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	330	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	817	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	383.59/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,396	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	397	350.23/cwt	343.00–355.00	1,390	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	338.24/cwt	336.00–340.00	1,414	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	322.09/cwt	321.00–325.00	1,388	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	461	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,003	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,380	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,660	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	320.17/cwt	313.00–329.00	1,684	236
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	293.22/cwt	267.00–306.00	1,545	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	538	227.49/cwt	227.49–227.49	1,224	5
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	548	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,688	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	313.88/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,770	75
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	263.10/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,510	21
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	575	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,691	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	586	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,524	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	263.16/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,647	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	628	285.61/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,794	85
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	285.02/cwt	275.50–295.00	1,790	204
Steers	650–700	Large 1Unweaned	655	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,696	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	285.45/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,884	50
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	661	274.80/cwt	267.00–284.00	1,816	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	246.40/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,671	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	256.23/cwt	249.00–260.25	1,842	44
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	729	236.54/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,724	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	243.17/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,785	36
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	232.44/cwt	218.00–236.00	1,790	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	262.07/cwt	241.00–268.00	2,044	89
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	254.88/cwt	247.00–261.50	2,205	138
Steers	900–950	Large 1	919	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,114	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,176	19
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,293	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,091	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	332.25/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,302	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	395	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,175	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	411	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,397	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	300.57/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,286	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	311.13/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,335	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,317	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	458	238.87/cwt	225.00–242.50	1,094	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	293.70/cwt	284.00–307.00	1,366	68
Heifers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	468	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,329	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	261.24/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,296	8
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	523	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,407	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	532	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,530	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	272.06/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,450	113
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,351	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,353	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	258.06/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,468	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	270.58/cwt	260.00–280.50	1,545	66
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	595	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,309	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	611	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,375	6
Heifers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	614	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,382	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	246.60/cwt	234.00–262.50	1,534	52
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	249.47/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,569	42
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	242.50/cwt	236.00–246.50	1,649	56
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,832	29
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	851	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,928	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,925	10
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,096	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,192	6
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,101	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,850	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,434	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,485	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,515	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,574	17

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 Nov 11, 2024

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

Receipts 2,314Last week 2,687Year ago 2,770

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	364	367.50–390.00	383.59
23	400–450	418	336.00–340.00	338.24
36	450–500	497	334.00	334.00
236	500–550	526	313.00–329.00	320.17
75	550–600	564	305.00–317.50	313.88
204	600–650	628	275.50–295.00	285.02
50	650–700	660	270.00–291.00	285.45
44	700–750	719	249.00–260.25	256.23
89	750–800	780	241.00–268.00	262.07
138	850–900	865	247.00–261.50	254.88
19	900–950	936	232.50	232.50
7	950–1000	980	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	397	343.00–355.00	350.23
15	400–450	431	321.00–325.00	322.09
85	600–650	628	275.00–300.00	285.61
35	650–700	661	267.00–284.00	274.80
9	700–750	729	220.00–245.00	236.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	548	308.00	308.00
8	550–600	575	294.00	294.00
7	650–700	655	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	919	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	297.50	297.50
50	500–550	527	267.00–306.00	293.22
21	550–600	574	260.00–270.00	263.10
44	600–650	626	250.00–265.00	263.16
20	650–700	678	240.00–257.00	246.40
36	700–750	734	234.00–244.00	243.17
15	750–800	770	218.00–236.00	232.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	247.50	247.50
5	450–500	461	217.50	217.50
5	500–550	538	227.49	227.49
4	550–600	586	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	626	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	474	302.50	302.50
10	550–600	580	256.00	256.00
17	650–700	695	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	320	341.00	341.00
20	350–400	392	330.00–335.00	332.25
22	400–450	429	307.00–315.00	311.13
68	450–500	465	284.00–307.00	293.70
113	500–550	533	255.00–280.00	272.06
66	550–600	571	260.00–280.50	270.58
42	600–650	629	245.00–252.00	249.47
56	650–700	680	236.00–246.50	242.50
29	800–850	800	229.00	229.00
10	850–900	875	220.00	220.00
6	1050–1100	1,096	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	468	284.00	284.00
9	500–550	523	269.00	269.00
5	600–650	614	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	595	220.00	220.00
9	1100–1150	1,101	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	850–900	851	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	411	340.00	340.00
14	500–550	532	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	442	298.00	298.00
8	450–500	496	259.00–265.00	261.24
6	500–550	547	247.00	247.00
21	550–600	559	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	458	225.00–242.50	238.87
6	600–650	611	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	297.50	297.50
10	400–450	428	295.00–305.00	300.57
29	550–600	569	250.00–264.00	258.06
52	600–650	622	234.00–262.50	246.60

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.