Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2019-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this sale was last reported three weeks ago (July 15). Trade was active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.31/cwt on 755 head.

Average price

$149.31

755 head · 757 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,131

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$119

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1

$3.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.08

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	670	152.58	1,022	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	613	150.37	922	28
Medium and Large 1	765	149.19	1,141	711

One grade step is worth $3.39/cwt here — about −$119 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 sale755 hd

149.31

—

IA average6 barns · 4,383 hd

143.23

+6.08

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

34 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 1-2	—	339	147.43/cwt	145.00–155.00	500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	142.17/cwt	140.00–145.50	889	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	467	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	155.56/cwt	146.00–160.00	955	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	144.88/cwt	142.00–146.50	1,247	199
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	135.90/cwt	131.00–143.00	925	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	135.63/cwt	132.00–138.00	783	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	159.04/cwt	156.00–161.00	840	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	149.17/cwt	146.25–152.00	1,152	141
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	139.11/cwt	133.00–144.00	726	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	132.99/cwt	131.00–135.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	170.20/cwt	159.00–176.00	625	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	151.43/cwt	149.00–152.75	1,089	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	163.68/cwt	161.00–168.00	692	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	146.75/cwt	140.00–150.00	564	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	3
Steers	Large 1	—	670	152.58/cwt	151.00–153.50	1,022	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,187	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	141.52/cwt	137.00–143.50	1,033	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	142.73/cwt	140.00–145.00	619	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	139.03/cwt	135.00–140.35	997	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	130.53/cwt	130.00–133.00	672	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,315	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,150	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	114.60/cwt	112.50–115.00	772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	144.44/cwt	140.00–146.75	825	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	877	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	155.45/cwt	153.00–157.00	895	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,063	3

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 Aug 5, 2019

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

Receipts 1,116Last week 1,410Year ago 0

No trend as this sale was last reported three weeks ago (July 15). Trade was active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	339	145.00–155.00	147.43
3	—	528	121.00	121.00
2	—	625	126.00	126.00
2	—	568	119.00	119.00
1	—	390	138.00	138.00
6	—	674	112.50–115.00	114.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	625	140.00–145.50	142.17
25	—	681	131.00–143.00	135.90
17	—	522	133.00–144.00	139.11
15	—	384	140.00–150.00	146.75
11	—	434	140.00–145.00	142.73
117	—	717	135.00–140.35	139.03
42	—	571	140.00–146.75	144.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	318	147.00	147.00
5	—	577	132.00–138.00	135.63
4	—	422	131.00–135.00	132.99
3	—	495	130.00	130.00
22	—	515	130.00–133.00	130.53
8	—	645	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	614	146.00–160.00	155.56
199	—	861	142.00–146.50	144.88
28	—	528	156.00–161.00	159.04
141	—	772	146.25–152.00	149.17
8	—	367	159.00–176.00	170.20
106	—	719	149.00–152.75	151.43
67	—	806	147.25	147.25
62	—	913	144.00	144.00
57	—	576	153.00–157.00	155.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	423	161.00–168.00	163.68
10	—	730	137.00–143.50	141.52
3	—	833	138.00	138.00
3	—	765	139.00	139.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	670	151.00–153.50	152.58

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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