Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2019-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this sale was last reported over two weeks ago. Trade was active with very good demand..

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.02/cwt on 2,953 head.

Average price

$157.02

2,953 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$20.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.52

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	158.25	1,051	2,647
Medium and Large 1-2	642	148.76	955	239
Large 1	760	137.81	1,048	67

One grade step is worth $20.44/cwt here — about $3 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 sale2,953 hd

157.02

—

IA average2 barns · 3,936 hd

153.50

+3.52

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	131.51/cwt	131.00–132.00	842	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	148.98/cwt	138.00–151.50	1,019	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	509	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	903	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	159.09/cwt	151.00–166.50	1,069	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	196.33/cwt	182.00–201.00	717	98
Steers	Large 1	—	651	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	924	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	135.55/cwt	134.50–136.50	825	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	136.88/cwt	128.75–141.75	973	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	165.31/cwt	164.00–167.50	562	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	758	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	161.59/cwt	161.00–162.00	688	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	149.35/cwt	142.00–152.50	1,162	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	139.54/cwt	139.10–140.00	1,207	120
Steers	Large 1	—	820	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,109	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	151.53/cwt	148.00–155.00	574	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	147.56/cwt	141.00–153.00	695	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	118.31/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,154	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	630	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	151.18/cwt	150.00–152.50	806	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	159.74/cwt	151.00–165.00	998	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	166.33/cwt	157.50–174.00	868	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	419	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	838	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	135.94/cwt	130.00–140.50	658	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	160.50/cwt	148.00–166.50	676	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	126.67/cwt	126.00–126.75	985	35
Heifers	Large 1	—	441	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	644	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	146.91/cwt	140.00–151.00	843	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	161.74/cwt	146.00–168.25	930	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	138.32/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,291	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	196.99/cwt	188.00–205.00	638	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	140.81/cwt	139.50–142.00	760	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	144.05/cwt	138.00–151.75	887	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	125.92/cwt	123.50–127.75	1,029	42
Heifers	Large 1	—	604	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	821	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	652	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	141.35/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,053	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	140.10/cwt	132.75–142.85	1,152	470
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	175.57/cwt	169.00–181.00	843	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,248	52
Steers	Large 1	—	907	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,165	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	149.42/cwt	144.50–152.00	781	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	168.31/cwt	157.00–170.00	599	73
Heifers	Large 1	—	549	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	788	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	713	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	146.05/cwt	144.00–150.50	919	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	573	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	988	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	148.38/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,091	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	178.16/cwt	172.00–185.50	771	85
Steers	Large 1	—	630	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	926	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	139.17/cwt	136.00–144.50	939	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	142.76/cwt	137.00–146.00	828	76
Heifers	Large 1	—	733	130.60/cwt	130.60–130.60	957	41

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 Sep 2, 2019

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

Receipts 5,167Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend as this sale was last reported over two weeks ago. Trade was active with very good demand..

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	640	131.00–132.00	131.51
21	—	523	145.00	145.00
4	—	318	205.00	205.00
13	—	417	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	423	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	684	138.00–151.50	148.98
17	—	426	161.00–162.00	161.59
19	—	533	150.00–152.50	151.18
23	—	574	140.00–151.00	146.91
23	—	745	141.00–142.00	141.35
29	—	629	144.00–150.50	146.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	509	177.50	177.50
38	—	573	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	672	151.00–166.50	159.09
98	—	365	182.00–201.00	196.33
203	—	778	142.00–152.50	149.35
120	—	865	139.10–140.00	139.54
232	—	625	151.00–165.00	159.74
138	—	522	157.50–174.00	166.33
362	—	575	146.00–168.25	161.74
143	—	933	134.00–139.00	138.32
20	—	324	188.00–205.00	196.99
470	—	822	132.75–142.85	140.10
147	—	480	169.00–181.00	175.57
52	—	953	131.00	131.00
164	—	735	145.00–152.00	148.38
85	—	433	172.00–185.50	178.16
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	651	142.00	142.00
31	—	820	135.25	135.25
9	—	907	128.50	128.50
10	—	630	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	419	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	609	134.50–136.50	135.55
25	—	379	148.00–155.00	151.53
33	—	484	130.00–140.50	135.94
47	—	540	139.50–142.00	140.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	711	128.75–141.75	136.88
8	—	340	164.00–167.50	165.31
141	—	471	141.00–153.00	147.56
18	—	975	115.00–120.00	118.31
174	—	421	148.00–166.50	160.50
35	—	778	126.00–126.75	126.67
219	—	616	138.00–151.75	144.05
42	—	817	123.50–127.75	125.92
245	—	523	144.50–152.00	149.42
73	—	356	157.00–170.00	168.31
248	—	675	136.00–144.50	139.17
76	—	580	137.00–146.00	142.76
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	441	146.00	146.00
11	—	604	136.00	136.00
18	—	549	143.50	143.50
41	—	733	130.60	130.60

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.

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