Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2019-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.20/cwt on 1,132 head.

Average price

$152.20

1,132 head · 741 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,128

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$45

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$21.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.71

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	742	153.47	1,139	1,016
Medium and Large 1-2	702	142.41	1,000	101
Large 1	896	132.20	1,184	15thin

One grade step is worth $21.27/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale1,132 hd

152.20

—

IA average6 barns · 3,928 hd

147.49

+4.71

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

40 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	148.29/cwt	143.50–154.50	691	46
Steers	Large 1	—	937	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,209	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	165.19/cwt	162.00–170.00	866	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	148.58/cwt	144.75–153.50	1,226	436
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	143.21/cwt	140.00–144.25	977	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	845	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	161.30/cwt	153.00–175.00	515	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	142.13/cwt	138.00–151.50	748	42
Steers	Large 1	—	834	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,143	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	173.65/cwt	167.50–175.00	623	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	154.55/cwt	153.50–155.75	1,039	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	140.94/cwt	132.00–142.50	1,067	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,160	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	126.00/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,032	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,043	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	185.74/cwt	182.50–189.00	760	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	144.53/cwt	142.85–146.25	1,262	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	139.66/cwt	138.00–140.50	1,145	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	149.00/cwt	147.00–152.00	542	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	451	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	740	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	129.48/cwt	129.00–129.75	1,126	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	139.07/cwt	134.50–146.00	936	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	915	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,236	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	138.09/cwt	135.00–139.00	880	13
Heifers	Medium 1	—	432	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	622	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	160.34/cwt	157.00–165.00	669	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	139.37/cwt	136.00–140.75	994	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	994	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	178.32/cwt	169.50–182.00	820	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	143.43/cwt	142.00–147.00	924	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	138.00/cwt	133.00–142.00	803	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	119.23/cwt	115.00–122.00	916	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	172.99/cwt	166.00–184.00	567	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	153.85/cwt	152.00–154.00	1,080	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	143.17/cwt	140.00–145.50	825	13

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 30, 2019

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

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No trend. Trade active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	466	143.50–154.50	148.29
11	—	319	153.00–175.00	161.30
42	—	526	138.00–151.50	142.13
10	—	913	127.00	127.00
28	—	819	122.00–128.00	126.00
8	—	364	147.00–152.00	149.00
20	—	870	129.00–129.75	129.48
65	—	673	134.50–146.00	139.07
13	—	637	135.00–139.00	138.09
21	—	417	157.00–165.00	160.34
175	—	713	136.00–140.75	139.37
21	—	582	133.00–142.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	884	118.00	118.00
5	—	768	115.00–122.00	119.23
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	432	144.00	144.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	937	129.00	129.00
6	—	834	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	524	162.00–170.00	165.19
436	—	825	144.75–153.50	148.58
13	—	359	167.50–175.00	173.65
152	—	672	153.50–155.75	154.55
12	—	409	182.50–189.00	185.74
128	—	873	142.85–146.25	144.53
7	—	582	157.25	157.25
65	—	799	154.75	154.75
7	—	641	155.00	155.00
67	—	460	169.50–182.00	178.32
11	—	328	166.00–184.00	172.99
81	—	702	152.00–154.00	153.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	682	140.00–144.25	143.21
28	—	757	132.00–142.50	140.94
15	—	820	138.00–140.50	139.66
3	—	528	155.00	155.00
7	—	644	142.00–147.00	143.43
13	—	576	140.00–145.50	143.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	129.00	129.00
2	—	520	147.00	147.00
2	—	430	155.00	155.00
12	—	451	164.00	164.00
9	—	557	138.00	138.00

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.

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