Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold at generally steady prices. Demand was good and trading was active for the heavy offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.35/cwt on 1,630 head.

Average price

$156.35

1,630 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$5.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.40

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	157.15	1,072	1,391
Medium and Large 1-2	623	151.71	945	239

One grade step is worth $5.44/cwt here — about $127 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 sale1,630 hd

156.35

—

IA average12 barns · 11,025 hd

151.95

+4.40

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

35 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	143.15/cwt	134.50–145.50	1,198	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	171.88/cwt	165.00–180.00	911	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	161.09/cwt	151.00–166.00	1,018	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	151.73/cwt	145.00–154.25	1,114	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	157.85/cwt	149.75–164.50	1,061	381
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	717	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	617	141.85/cwt	141.85–141.85	875	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	787	138.80/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,092	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,013	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,035	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	159.71/cwt	155.00–166.00	613	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	134.62/cwt	133.00–135.00	963	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	137.99/cwt	135.00–139.50	784	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	145.68/cwt	141.50–150.00	766	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	188.19/cwt	182.00–192.00	819	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	165.24/cwt	161.50–171.00	935	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	807	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,054	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	174.02/cwt	171.50–181.50	818	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	155.53/cwt	148.00–163.00	831	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	703	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	142.64/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,033	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	906	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	146.33/cwt	135.00–147.50	989	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	159.56/cwt	159.00–160.00	911	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	150.58/cwt	146.00–154.25	1,150	359
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	167.28/cwt	159.00–170.00	711	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	152.68/cwt	150.00–155.00	718	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	147.16/cwt	140.00–154.50	843	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	157.61/cwt	152.00–166.50	809	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	137.51/cwt	132.00–141.00	930	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	141.29/cwt	136.00–145.00	883	138

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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 2,501Last week 2,760Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold at generally steady prices. Demand was good and trading was active for the heavy offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	837	134.50–145.50	143.15
102	—	530	165.00–180.00	171.88
140	—	632	151.00–166.00	161.09
149	—	734	145.00–154.25	151.73
381	—	672	149.75–164.50	157.85
5	—	366	196.00	196.00
36	—	435	182.00–192.00	188.19
66	—	566	161.50–171.00	165.24
41	—	470	171.50–181.50	174.02
359	—	764	146.00–154.25	150.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	787	137.00–146.00	138.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	495	163.00	163.00
4	—	871	133.00	133.00
5	—	344	178.00	178.00
6	—	784	134.50	134.50
20	—	534	148.00–163.00	155.53
22	—	724	142.00–143.00	142.64
29	—	608	149.00	149.00
73	—	676	135.00–147.50	146.33
76	—	571	159.00–160.00	159.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	668	125.00	125.00
53	—	617	141.85	141.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	814	124.50	124.50
8	—	784	132.00	132.00
14	—	384	155.00–166.00	159.71
16	—	715	133.00–135.00	134.62
32	—	425	159.00–170.00	167.28
35	—	470	150.00–155.00	152.68
70	—	573	140.00–154.50	147.16
80	—	513	152.00–166.50	157.61
93	—	676	132.00–141.00	137.51
138	—	625	136.00–145.00	141.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	568	135.00–139.50	137.99
29	—	526	141.50–150.00	145.68
20	—	478	147.00	147.00

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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