Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.80/cwt on 824 head.

Average price

$142.80

824 head · 709 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,013

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$176

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

$0.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.16

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	593	142.96	848	50
Medium and Large 1	717	142.79	1,023	774

One grade step is worth $0.16/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale824 hd

142.80

—

IA average3 barns · 1,659 hd

144.96

−2.16

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

38 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	—	342	158.52/cwt	157.00–160.00	542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	150.97/cwt	145.00–153.00	687	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	139.83/cwt	139.75–140.00	870	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	125.66/cwt	123.50–129.00	917	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	153.22/cwt	152.00–154.00	673	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	140.95/cwt	136.00–148.00	736	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	133.54/cwt	131.25–139.75	916	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	109.54/cwt	108.00–111.00	794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	154.92/cwt	152.50–160.00	576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	112.95/cwt	111.00–115.00	858	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	140.28/cwt	134.50–147.50	812	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	125.11/cwt	120.00–126.00	784	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	174.90/cwt	172.00–177.00	834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	152.27/cwt	151.50–152.35	1,043	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	129.15/cwt	128.75–131.75	1,084	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	134.67/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,045	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	150.15/cwt	148.00–154.00	539	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	820	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	162.49/cwt	160.25–165.00	876	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	123.85/cwt	123.85–123.85	1,104	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	142.39/cwt	139.75–144.50	1,017	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	925	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	916	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	125.37/cwt	121.00–127.00	965	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	169.50/cwt	162.50–173.50	749	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	161.34/cwt	158.00–163.50	933	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	153.34/cwt	147.75–157.00	946	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	156.25/cwt	152.50–162.00	747	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	866	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	773	6
Bulls	Large 1	—	544	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	724	7

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 Mar 30, 2020

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

Receipts 1,400Last week 3,157Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report. 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
4	—	342	157.00–160.00	158.52
13	—	455	145.00–153.00	150.97
53	—	622	139.75–140.00	139.83
106	—	730	123.50–129.00	125.66
3	—	942	97.00	97.00
10	—	439	152.00–154.00	153.22
48	—	522	136.00–148.00	140.95
88	—	686	131.25–139.75	133.54
3	—	372	152.50–160.00	154.92
5	—	1,055	93.00	93.00
18	—	760	111.00–115.00	112.95
63	—	579	134.50–147.50	140.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	532	131.00	131.00
4	—	725	108.00–111.00	109.54
4	—	659	117.00	117.00
14	—	627	120.00–126.00	125.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	477	172.00–177.00	174.90
49	—	685	151.50–152.35	152.27
80	—	839	128.75–131.75	129.15
190	—	776	129.00–140.00	134.67
4	—	366	173.00	173.00
31	—	539	160.25–165.00	162.49
64	—	891	123.85	123.85
174	—	714	139.75–144.50	142.39
11	—	442	162.50–173.50	169.50
59	—	578	158.00–163.50	161.34
105	—	617	147.75–157.00	153.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	359	148.00–154.00	150.15
6	—	536	153.00	153.00
4	—	599	154.50	154.50
5	—	721	127.00	127.00
13	—	770	121.00–127.00	125.37
3	—	428	155.00	155.00
5	—	608	145.00	145.00
9	—	478	152.50–162.00	156.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	570	152.00	152.00
6	—	437	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	133.00	133.00

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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