Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs. ended 1.00-5.00 lower, while the 600-850 lb. steers were mostly 1.00-8.00 higher. Heifers under 650 lbs. were steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers over 650 lbs. ended mixed. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.26/cwt on 2,152 head.

Average price

$148.26

2,152 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$6.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.52

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	148.77	995	1,981
Medium and Large 1-2	585	142.40	833	171

One grade step is worth $6.37/cwt here — about $162 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 sale2,152 hd

148.26

—

IA average11 barns · 9,464 hd

138.75

+9.52

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

59 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	—	809	146.78/cwt	141.00–148.25	1,187	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	119.21/cwt	118.50–123.00	1,118	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	130.29/cwt	124.25–134.00	1,025	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	134.37/cwt	128.50–138.00	1,150	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	156.10/cwt	148.00–160.25	748	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	155.68/cwt	149.00–160.00	892	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	161.36/cwt	159.00–163.00	678	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	538	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	780	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	144.74/cwt	138.00–149.50	973	433
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	451	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	635	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	143.44/cwt	136.50–146.00	1,046	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	149.32/cwt	148.00–155.00	863	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	135.07/cwt	132.75–138.00	841	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	127.54/cwt	123.00–129.50	728	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	143.38/cwt	136.50–145.00	1,126	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	133.97/cwt	131.00–139.00	899	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	164.01/cwt	152.00–167.00	797	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	765	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	141.95/cwt	136.00–144.00	883	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	714	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	953	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	159.16/cwt	155.50–164.00	845	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	149.44/cwt	143.25–157.75	933	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,267	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	780	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	559	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	811	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	759	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	614	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	903	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	367	173.02/cwt	172.00–176.00	635	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	974	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	139.82/cwt	131.00–144.50	808	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	136.64/cwt	129.00–141.00	870	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	127.94/cwt	120.00–130.50	743	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	351	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,157	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	625	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	814	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	158.25/cwt	158.00–159.00	755	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	129.66/cwt	121.00–131.50	818	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	146.55/cwt	143.00–148.00	640	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	527	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	129.19/cwt	127.50–132.50	987	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	127.93/cwt	124.50–129.50	872	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	129.98/cwt	126.00–132.50	896	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	129.25/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,077	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	142.10/cwt	140.00–143.00	746	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	164.67/cwt	160.00–175.00	790	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	594	138.40/cwt	134.00–140.00	822	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,017	106.19/cwt	106.00–106.50	1,080	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	154.92/cwt	150.00–159.00	677	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	132.50/cwt	128.00–135.00	900	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	708	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	168.31/cwt	167.50–170.00	645	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	140.64/cwt	139.00–147.50	692	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	130.41/cwt	124.75–134.00	931	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	137.00/cwt	133.00–144.00	793	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	682	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	146.53/cwt	140.00–154.50	775	117

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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Russell Livestock Feeder Cattle - Russell, IA

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
236	—	809	141.00–148.25	146.78
56	—	856	128.50–138.00	134.37
168	—	573	149.00–160.00	155.68
433	—	672	138.00–149.50	144.74
147	—	729	136.50–146.00	143.44
160	—	785	136.50–145.00	143.38
39	—	531	155.50–164.00	159.16
332	—	624	143.25–157.75	149.44
61	—	900	140.75	140.75
100	—	480	160.00–175.00	164.67
13	—	347	196.50	196.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	578	148.00–155.00	149.32
27	—	671	131.00–139.00	133.97
113	—	486	152.00–167.00	164.01
9	—	442	173.00	173.00
44	—	622	136.00–144.00	141.95
7	—	714	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	367	172.00–176.00	173.02
13	—	625	130.25	130.25
15	—	594	134.00–140.00	138.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	735	132.50	132.50
34	—	578	131.00–144.50	139.82
29	—	637	129.00–141.00	136.64
5	—	337	177.50	177.50
6	—	922	125.50	125.50
19	—	477	158.00–159.00	158.25
9	—	764	127.50–132.50	129.19
9	—	689	126.00–132.50	129.98
10	—	525	140.00–143.00	142.10
10	—	437	150.00–159.00	154.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	938	118.50–123.00	119.21
134	—	787	124.25–134.00	130.29
62	—	479	148.00–160.25	156.10
17	—	420	159.00–163.00	161.36
219	—	623	132.75–138.00	135.07
63	—	833	125.00–132.00	129.25
11	—	1,017	106.00–106.50	106.19
70	—	679	128.00–135.00	132.50
9	—	383	167.50–170.00	168.31
173	—	714	124.75–134.00	130.41
121	—	579	133.00–144.00	137.00
117	—	529	140.00–154.50	146.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	715	118.00	118.00
64	—	451	140.75	140.75
46	—	571	123.00–129.50	127.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	614	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	581	120.00–130.50	127.94
22	—	631	121.00–131.50	129.66
14	—	437	143.00–148.00	146.55
9	—	324	162.50	162.50
26	—	682	124.50–129.50	127.93
14	—	517	137.00	137.00
30	—	492	139.00–147.50	140.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	351	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	538	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	538	145.00	145.00
4	—	559	145.00	145.00
3	—	627	121.00	121.00
3	—	428	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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