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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2024-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-18

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Nov 18

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Nov 11Nov 18Nov 25 →

Receipts

2,482 head

▲ 168 vs last sale 2,314▲ 348 vs year ago 2,134 · +16.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, six weight steers sold steady to 2.00 lower, while all others sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher, except for the 450 - 500 lbs. and 550 - 600 lbs. which sold 7.00 to 14.00 lower. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included a few load lots.

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 $316.65/cwt on 420 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −159.94 against this barn's trailing median of $476.59.

Average price

$316.65

420 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$43.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.57

vs IA average

+7.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	322.12	1,727	360
Large 1	542	292.00	1,583	23
Medium and Large 1-2	576	278.74	1,606	37

One grade step is worth $43.38/cwt here — about $121 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 sale420 hd

316.65

—

IA average7 barns · 1,272 hd

308.08

+8.57

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+7.39

This barn, trailing median14 sales

476.59

−159.94

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

52 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	378.73/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,379	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	358.09/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,529	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	335.91/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,629	61
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	328.33/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,701	207
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	532	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,655	27
Steers	500–550	Large 1	542	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,583	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,597	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	300.69/cwt	288.00–314.00	1,693	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	567	274.42/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,556	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	318.18/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,807	98
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	279.03/cwt	266.00–296.00	1,643	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	613	284.94/cwt	274.00–296.50	1,747	125
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	283.29/cwt	277.50–297.00	1,759	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	624	256.40/cwt	248.00–263.00	1,600	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	284.98/cwt	272.00–293.00	1,915	104
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	672	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,559	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	254.14/cwt	244.00–264.50	1,723	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,800	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	262.65/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,883	62
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	733	241.25/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,768	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	268.27/cwt	248.00–278.00	2,042	154
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	261.87/cwt	254.00–264.00	2,184	89
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,224	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	349.22/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,152	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	371	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,150	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,260	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	316.20/cwt	301.00–333.00	1,350	90
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,169	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	290.69/cwt	282.50–297.50	1,291	11
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	446	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,249	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	286.66/cwt	272.50–298.00	1,333	104
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	268.07/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,292	66
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,230	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	254.44/cwt	247.50–259.00	1,305	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	279.32/cwt	271.00–282.50	1,466	96
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	240.33/cwt	220.00–254.00	1,267	17
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	569	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,448	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,327	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	257.06/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,473	117
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	586	248.54/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,456	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	599	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,462	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	255.41/cwt	245.00–258.50	1,563	80
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	613	244.69/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,500	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,567	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	249.19/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,630	11
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	658	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,823	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	258.17/cwt	253.00–259.00	1,836	87
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,737	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	1,972	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,585	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	561	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,683	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,557	4

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 18, 2024

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Receipts 2,482Last week 2,314Year ago 2,134

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	473	335.00	335.00
8	550–600	561	300.00	300.00
4	600–650	618	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	310.00	310.00
5	400–450	433	270.00	270.00
14	450–500	490	251.00	251.00
14	500–550	513	247.50–259.00	254.44
22	550–600	586	245.00–252.00	248.54
50	600–650	613	243.00–250.00	244.69
9	650–700	650	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	330	340.00–362.50	349.22
8	350–400	374	337.00	337.00
90	400–450	427	301.00–333.00	316.20
104	450–500	465	272.50–298.00	286.66
96	500–550	525	271.00–282.50	279.32
117	550–600	573	245.00–260.00	257.06
80	600–650	612	245.00–258.50	255.41
11	650–700	654	246.00–251.00	249.19
87	700–750	711	253.00–259.00	258.17
32	850–900	862	228.75	228.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	446	280.00	280.00
26	550–600	569	254.50	254.50
13	650–700	658	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	444	282.50–297.50	290.69
66	450–500	482	265.00–269.00	268.07
17	500–550	527	220.00–254.00	240.33
4	550–600	572	232.00	232.00
4	700–750	733	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	599	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	532	311.00	311.00
28	550–600	563	288.00–314.00	300.69
125	600–650	613	274.00–296.50	284.94
16	650–700	678	244.00–264.50	254.14
24	700–750	733	240.00–242.00	241.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	364	370.00–390.00	378.73
30	400–450	427	345.00–360.00	358.09
61	450–500	485	330.00–360.00	335.91
207	500–550	518	317.50–335.00	328.33
98	550–600	568	315.00–322.50	318.18
42	600–650	621	277.50–297.00	283.29
104	650–700	672	272.00–293.00	284.98
62	700–750	717	252.00–269.00	262.65
154	750–800	761	248.00–278.00	268.27
89	800–850	834	254.00–264.00	261.87
64	850–900	862	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	542	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	546	292.50	292.50
19	550–600	589	266.00–296.00	279.03
6	650–700	695	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	567	260.00–282.50	274.42
7	600–650	624	248.00–263.00	256.40
4	650–700	672	232.00	232.00

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.