Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2019-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this sale has not been reported for some time. Trade was active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.87/cwt on 633 head.

Average price

$146.87

633 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$950

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$271

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

$2.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.30

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	478	149.21	714	70
Large 1	580	149.07	865	31
Medium and Large 1	673	146.44	985	532

One grade step is worth $2.78/cwt here — about −$271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale633 hd

146.87

—

IA average5 barns · 1,500 hd

133.57

+13.30

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

Every lot, as filed

43 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	501	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	730	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	123.36/cwt	122.00–128.50	883	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	131.88/cwt	126.00–136.75	810	81
Steers	Large 1	—	529	152.34/cwt	152.00–153.00	806	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,038	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	171.08/cwt	168.00–174.00	910	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	669	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	874	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	112.31/cwt	111.00–114.00	903	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	128.11/cwt	121.00–130.25	871	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	134.93/cwt	134.00–136.00	665	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	155.48/cwt	152.00–164.00	743	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	137.33/cwt	134.50–141.00	993	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	608	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	694	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	882	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	145.10/cwt	137.00–149.00	685	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	139.73/cwt	139.00–140.00	580	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	590	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	140.00/cwt	136.00–143.00	946	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	523	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	141.96/cwt	126.00–150.00	741	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	152.68/cwt	152.00–153.00	495	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	136.88/cwt	131.00–144.00	775	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	137.40/cwt	133.00–139.00	433	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	826	134.93/cwt	133.00–136.85	1,115	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	149.42/cwt	140.00–156.50	852	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	132.95/cwt	131.00–135.00	838	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	597	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	824	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	584	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	756	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	150.39/cwt	147.00–154.00	581	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	471	172.81/cwt	172.00–174.00	814	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	133.36/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,026	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	857	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	918	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	672	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	773	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	137.18/cwt	130.00–144.00	586	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	142.75/cwt	134.50–149.00	748	120
Steers	Large 1	—	628	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	917	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	165.01/cwt	160.00–170.00	680	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	152.10/cwt	145.00–155.00	945	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	149.11/cwt	147.00–154.00	804	21

How this sale compares

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 Jun 24, 2019

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

Receipts 1,350Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend as this sale has not been reported for some time. Trade was active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	501	145.75	145.75
16	—	638	137.00	137.00
11	—	442	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	522	126.00–150.00	141.96
3	—	597	138.00	138.00
1	—	675	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	716	122.00–128.50	123.36
81	—	614	126.00–136.75	131.88
13	—	804	111.00–114.00	112.31
54	—	680	121.00–130.25	128.11
12	—	757	116.50	116.50
46	—	472	137.00–149.00	145.10
9	—	324	152.00–153.00	152.68
45	—	566	131.00–144.00	136.88
19	—	386	147.00–154.00	150.39
18	—	427	130.00–144.00	137.18
120	—	524	134.50–149.00	142.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	493	134.00–136.00	134.93
11	—	415	139.00–140.00	139.73
4	—	315	133.00–139.00	137.40
1	—	375	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	584	129.50	129.50
3	—	672	115.00	115.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	529	152.00–153.00	152.34
16	—	628	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	887	117.00	117.00
59	—	532	168.00–174.00	171.08
15	—	478	152.00–164.00	155.48
45	—	723	134.50–141.00	137.33
5	—	339	174.00	174.00
44	—	676	136.00–143.00	140.00
40	—	570	140.00–156.50	149.42
23	—	769	130.00–138.00	133.36
23	—	412	160.00–170.00	165.01
103	—	621	145.00–155.00	152.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	446	150.00	150.00
10	—	387	157.00	157.00
10	—	327	160.00	160.00
6	—	630	131.00–135.00	132.95
4	—	691	124.00	124.00
21	—	539	147.00–154.00	149.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	826	133.00–136.85	134.93
12	—	471	172.00–174.00	172.81

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.

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