Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 400 to 500 pound steers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while the 750 to 800 pound steers ended 2.00 higher. The rest of the steers traded at generally steady prices. The 400 to 600 pound heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher, while the 600 to 800 pound heifers were steady to 5.00 lower. Trading was active, with good demand for the heavy offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.65/cwt on 1,459 head.

Average price

$157.65

1,459 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$17.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.80

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	159.50	1,046	1,306
Medium and Large 1-2	672	141.81	953	153

One grade step is worth $17.69/cwt here — about $94 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 sale1,459 hd

157.65

—

IA average13 barns · 13,570 hd

154.84

+2.80

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

44 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	—	660	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,049	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,227	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	599	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	130.96/cwt	127.00–133.00	999	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	156.68/cwt	152.00–165.50	680	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	171.23/cwt	163.00–180.00	899	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	156.99/cwt	147.00–162.00	1,047	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	150.00/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,163	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	167.65/cwt	163.00–171.00	979	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	184.61/cwt	180.00–186.00	785	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	146.78/cwt	141.25–148.75	1,217	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	135.75/cwt	135.50–136.00	908	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	137.31/cwt	129.00–139.25	1,063	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	150.97/cwt	145.75–158.00	1,104	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	160.08/cwt	149.00–164.00	1,010	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	180.66/cwt	170.00–183.50	851	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,127	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	147.01/cwt	143.00–156.00	775	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	141.88/cwt	141.75–142.00	1,002	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	851	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,131	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	149.65/cwt	141.00–153.00	860	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	892	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,070	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	144.62/cwt	140.00–147.00	777	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	132.88/cwt	126.50–136.25	977	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	164.97/cwt	159.50–170.00	770	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	138.64/cwt	133.00–140.00	929	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	843	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	129.39/cwt	128.50–131.00	836	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	134.45/cwt	131.00–140.50	782	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	156.38/cwt	149.00–162.50	815	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	138.68/cwt	130.00–142.00	868	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	586	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	782	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	408	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	681	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	496	139.97/cwt	138.00–145.00	694	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	346	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	519	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	906	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	591	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	881	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	967	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	459	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	812	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	368	179.16/cwt	173.00–182.50	659	24

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 Jan 13, 2020

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

Receipts 2,760Last week 4,723Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	660	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,070	113.00	113.00
6	—	1,049	117.00	117.00
8	—	377	159.00	159.00
15	—	763	127.00–133.00	130.96
18	—	434	152.00–165.50	156.68
53	—	891	126.50	126.50
148	—	575	141.00–153.00	149.65
51	—	735	126.50–136.25	132.88
53	—	467	159.50–170.00	164.97
118	—	670	133.00–140.00	138.64
75	—	521	149.00–162.50	156.38
208	—	626	130.00–142.00	138.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	955	110.00	110.00
6	—	892	120.00	120.00
27	—	537	140.00–147.00	144.62
4	—	669	126.00	126.00
28	—	646	128.50–131.00	129.39
60	—	582	131.00–140.50	134.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	586	133.50	133.50
12	—	408	167.00	167.00
53	—	496	138.00–145.00	139.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	346	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	525	163.00–180.00	171.23
102	—	667	147.00–162.00	156.99
149	—	775	144.00–153.00	150.00
180	—	584	163.00–171.00	167.65
21	—	425	180.00–186.00	184.61
125	—	829	141.25–148.75	146.78
259	—	731	145.75–158.00	150.97
261	—	631	149.00–164.00	160.08
70	—	471	170.00–183.50	180.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	669	135.50–136.00	135.75
32	—	774	129.00–139.25	137.31
17	—	527	143.00–156.00	147.01
47	—	706	141.75–142.00	141.88
5	—	356	161.00	161.00
6	—	608	140.00	140.00
7	—	838	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	522	173.50	173.50
7	—	618	156.50	156.50
17	—	459	177.00	177.00
24	—	368	173.00–182.50	179.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	591	149.00	149.00

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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