Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trading was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.49/cwt on 730 head.

Average price

$143.49

730 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$8.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.31

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	708	144.16	1,020	670
Medium and Large 1-2	613	136.02	834	60

One grade step is worth $8.14/cwt here — about $186 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 sale730 hd

143.49

—

IA average4 barns · 988 hd

132.18

+11.31

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

43 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	—	1,130	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,040	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	158.34/cwt	150.00–163.00	901	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	136.29/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,124	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	141.46/cwt	137.00–145.00	802	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	156.63/cwt	151.00–163.00	816	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	151.29/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,029	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	128.95/cwt	124.00–135.00	861	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,066	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,098	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	142.35/cwt	135.25–142.75	1,078	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	823	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	1,140	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	141.87/cwt	140.00–146.50	1,026	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	987	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	159.73/cwt	159.00–161.00	998	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	159.80/cwt	154.00–165.00	772	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	527	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	158.57/cwt	157.00–159.00	655	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	149.71/cwt	147.50–152.50	418	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	137.67/cwt	133.00–142.00	796	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	136.88/cwt	130.50–138.00	905	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	121.36/cwt	118.00–122.00	797	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	148.95/cwt	144.00–149.50	578	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	296	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	106.39/cwt	101.00–110.00	836	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	133.01/cwt	130.50–141.00	652	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	131.89/cwt	130.75–133.00	935	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	116.88/cwt	116.00–118.00	725	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	138.32/cwt	130.00–139.50	855	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	124.77/cwt	112.00–125.85	986	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	597	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	141.72/cwt	140.00–147.00	611	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	89.85/cwt	89.00–91.00	523	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	841	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	799	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	521	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	595	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	140.52/cwt	135.50–143.00	757	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	115.20/cwt	114.00–116.00	832	5

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 Jul 13, 2020

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

Receipts 1,470Last week 1,325Year ago 1,410

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trading was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,130	92.00	92.00
39	—	569	150.00–163.00	158.34
183	—	825	131.00–140.00	136.29
34	—	521	151.00–163.00	156.63
112	—	680	146.00–154.00	151.29
27	—	1,066	103.00	103.00
80	—	757	135.25–142.75	142.35
22	—	972	117.25	117.25
49	—	723	140.00–146.50	141.87
18	—	625	159.00–161.00	159.73
44	—	483	154.00–165.00	159.80
10	—	310	170.00	170.00
42	—	413	157.00–159.00	158.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	567	137.00–145.00	141.46
15	—	668	124.00–135.00	128.95
11	—	605	136.00	136.00
4	—	765	129.00	129.00
3	—	540	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	595	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	279	147.50–152.50	149.71
61	—	578	133.00–142.00	137.67
4	—	330	148.00	148.00
58	—	661	130.50–138.00	136.88
3	—	902	101.50	101.50
32	—	388	144.00–149.50	148.95
31	—	490	130.50–141.00	133.01
120	—	709	130.75–133.00	131.89
24	—	618	130.00–139.50	138.32
63	—	790	112.00–125.85	124.77
16	—	431	140.00–147.00	141.72
63	—	539	135.50–143.00	140.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	130.00	130.00
2	—	488	126.00	126.00
16	—	657	118.00–122.00	121.36
10	—	786	101.00–110.00	106.39
7	—	620	116.00–118.00	116.88
6	—	519	115.00	115.00
5	—	722	114.00–116.00	115.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	296	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	582	89.00–91.00	89.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	841	95.00	95.00
3	—	347	150.00	150.00

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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