Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers 400-550 lbs. sold 2.00-3.00 higher, while the 550-750 lb. steers were 2.50-4.00 lower. The 750-900 lb. steers were 1.00-12.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs. were steady to 4.00 higher and the 600-800 lb. heifers ended steady to 6.00 higher. Heavier weight heifers ended mixed. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trading was active

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.31/cwt on 1,046 head.

Average price

$146.31

1,046 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$33.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.69

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	148.34	940	881
Medium and Large 1-2	610	136.26	831	159
Large 1	740	115.00	851	6thin

One grade step is worth $33.34/cwt here — about $89 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 sale1,046 hd

146.31

—

IA average4 barns · 1,811 hd

139.62

+6.69

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

61 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	—	791	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,024	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	161.46/cwt	149.00–163.00	778	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	118.73/cwt	116.00–126.00	772	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	136.69/cwt	130.00–137.50	1,167	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	556	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	149.88/cwt	145.50–157.25	931	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	148.95/cwt	148.00–150.00	633	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	305	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	388	157.25/cwt	149.00–160.00	610	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	139.74/cwt	139.35–142.50	1,083	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	157.40/cwt	151.00–162.00	823	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	144.49/cwt	139.50–150.00	743	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	148.36/cwt	145.00–150.85	1,230	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	135.32/cwt	132.75–139.00	972	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	163.56/cwt	154.50–166.50	770	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	146.13/cwt	142.00–149.50	687	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	110.51/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,038	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	128.70/cwt	124.50–132.00	869	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	136.26/cwt	124.50–139.50	838	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	136.21/cwt	133.00–138.00	782	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	139.18/cwt	132.50–145.00	935	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	152.67/cwt	148.00–159.00	899	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	177.89/cwt	175.00–180.00	729	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	134.68/cwt	132.00–137.50	695	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	774	142.03/cwt	140.35–143.75	1,099	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	709	145.60/cwt	145.60–145.60	1,032	78
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	670	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	809	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	142.18/cwt	140.00–145.00	668	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	107.55/cwt	104.00–112.00	893	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	124.58/cwt	118.00–129.00	781	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	144.47/cwt	141.00–146.50	745	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	529	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	142.45/cwt	141.00–143.00	809	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	139.41/cwt	138.00–140.00	863	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	124.76/cwt	123.50–125.00	991	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	126.92/cwt	121.00–133.00	619	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	531	125.85/cwt	124.00–132.00	668	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	581	124.93/cwt	120.00–129.00	726	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	666	128.16/cwt	122.00–132.00	854	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	545	138.09/cwt	137.00–143.00	753	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	616	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	715	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	124.61/cwt	117.00–129.00	776	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	122.93/cwt	117.00–125.50	719	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	156.87/cwt	153.00–160.00	662	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	145.44/cwt	143.50–147.50	772	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	155.80/cwt	145.00–158.00	818	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	125.63/cwt	124.00–127.00	672	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	139.61/cwt	136.50–142.50	811	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	487	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	653	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	137.61/cwt	134.25–146.00	930	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	355	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	639	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	132.61/cwt	128.50–137.50	834	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	159.97/cwt	156.00–164.00	624	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	124.50/cwt	123.75–124.75	1,045	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	147.70/cwt	139.50–150.50	691	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	136.81/cwt	130.00–143.00	788	69

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	791	129.50	129.50
11	—	425	148.00–150.00	148.95
3	—	373	150.00	150.00
71	—	514	139.50–150.00	144.49
13	—	470	142.00–149.50	146.13
16	—	939	109.00–111.00	110.51
42	—	675	124.50–132.00	128.70
45	—	615	124.50–139.50	136.26
20	—	574	133.00–138.00	136.21
39	—	839	123.75–124.75	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	149.00	149.00
42	—	623	117.00–129.00	124.61
34	—	531	143.50–147.50	145.44
69	—	468	139.50–150.50	147.70
69	—	576	130.00–143.00	136.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	774	140.35–143.75	142.03
78	—	709	145.60	145.60
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	670	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	674	120.00	120.00
4	—	386	137.00	137.00
4	—	750	115.00	115.00
18	—	488	121.00–133.00	126.92
14	—	585	117.00–125.50	122.93
9	—	535	124.00–127.00	125.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	531	124.00–132.00	125.85
13	—	581	120.00–129.00	124.93
5	—	616	116.00	116.00
11	—	487	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	482	149.00–163.00	161.46
3	—	305	195.00	195.00
13	—	422	153.00–160.00	156.87
38	—	525	145.00–158.00	155.80
39	—	581	136.50–142.50	139.61
21	—	676	134.25–146.00	137.61
8	—	355	180.00	180.00
89	—	629	128.50–137.50	132.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	650	116.00–126.00	118.73
7	—	470	140.00–145.00	142.18
19	—	516	141.00–146.50	144.47
18	—	568	141.00–143.00	142.45
14	—	619	138.00–140.00	139.41
38	—	794	123.50–125.00	124.76
6	—	390	156.00–164.00	159.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	854	130.00–137.50	136.69
81	—	621	145.50–157.25	149.88
82	—	775	139.35–142.50	139.74
71	—	523	151.00–162.00	157.40
114	—	829	145.00–150.85	148.36
43	—	718	132.75–139.00	135.32
40	—	471	154.50–166.50	163.56
46	—	672	132.50–145.00	139.18
107	—	589	148.00–159.00	152.67
22	—	410	175.00–180.00	177.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	388	149.00–160.00	157.25
18	—	666	122.00–132.00	128.16
16	—	545	137.00–143.00	138.09
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	740	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	516	132.00–137.50	134.68
2	—	673	116.00	116.00
16	—	830	104.00–112.00	107.55
10	—	627	118.00–129.00	124.58

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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