Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2021-02-08

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Feb 8
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,394 head
▼ 1,342 vs last sale 3,736▼ 599 vs year ago 2,993 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs. were 8.00-10.00 lower and the heavier steers were mostly 4.00-6.00 lower. The exception was the 800-850 lb. steers which were mostly 1.50 higher. The light heifers 450-500 lbs. were mostly 3.00 higher while the heifers over 500 lbs. were mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.46/cwt on 1,484 head.
Average price
$144.46
1,484 head · 698 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,008
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.54
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1704144.691,0181,385
Medium and Large 1-2618141.2087399
One grade step is worth $3.49/cwt here — about $145 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 sale1,484 hd
144.46
—
IA average10 barns · 8,062 hd
141.92
+2.54
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

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1—1,062107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,1365
HeifersMedium and Large 1—398148.00/cwt148.00–148.005895
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425143.00/cwt143.00–143.006086
HeifersMedium and Large 1—813119.57/cwt116.00–121.0097225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—861121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,04829
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476149.03/cwt142.50–153.0070936
SteersMedium and Large 1—617147.99/cwt145.00–151.75913127
SteersMedium and Large 1—776134.54/cwt130.75–138.501,044185
SteersMedium and Large 1—369171.00/cwt171.00–171.006316
SteersMedium and Large 1—435177.93/cwt170.00–184.007748
SteersMedium and Large 1—905125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,13113
SteersMedium and Large 1—678144.62/cwt136.50–149.75981200
SteersMedium and Large 1—827134.92/cwt130.00–137.501,116203
SteersMedium and Large 1—734141.19/cwt132.75–145.001,036402
SteersMedium and Large 1—873127.11/cwt126.50–129.001,11024
SteersMedium and Large 1—530171.81/cwt167.00–175.5091166
SteersMedium and Large 1—480177.23/cwt173.00–185.2585167
HeifersMedium and Large 1—769121.05/cwt120.00–122.0093145
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522137.53/cwt130.50–140.5071863
HeifersMedium and Large 1—678127.58/cwt123.00–129.5086579
HeifersMedium and Large 1—731124.66/cwt118.00–128.0091192
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570135.68/cwt130.00–141.75773142
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632131.36/cwt124.50–136.00830210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006625
SteersMedium and Large 1—580158.33/cwt153.50–167.5091884
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—689117.00/cwt117.00–117.008067
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—371133.00/cwt133.00–133.004939
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—685132.28/cwt130.00–133.0090621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—627132.98/cwt127.00–136.7583422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—590147.77/cwt145.00–150.5087256

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.