Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2021-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale (two weeks ago), steers over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher; under 600 lbs were sharply higher when compared with limited volume two weeks ago. Heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher with the largest gain in heifers under 700 lbs. Demand was good to very good with many buyers in attendance for their annual Labor Day and BBQ sale. Supply was heavy with several loads of yearlings on offer. There were some sets of unweaned spring calves in the offering as well.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.43/cwt on 2,853 head.

Average price

$172.43

2,853 head · 712 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,228

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$42.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.59

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	176.93	1,183	2,409
Medium 1-2	527	160.82	848	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	643	158.50	1,019	124
Large 1	1,092	143.69	1,569	299
Large 1-2	865	134.00	1,159	10thin

One grade step is worth $42.93/cwt here — about $24 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 sale2,853 hd

172.43

—

IA average6 barns · 5,934 hd

163.84

+8.59

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

79 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 1Unweaned	—	706	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,101	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	149.45/cwt	145.75–150.50	1,149	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	149.24/cwt	146.75–152.75	1,210	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	655	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	950	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	935	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	182.44/cwt	170.00–187.75	1,034	148
Steers	Large 1	—	1,113	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,597	50
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	472	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	769	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	573	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	911	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	865	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,159	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	193.80/cwt	183.00–196.00	915	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,186	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	193.24/cwt	187.50–193.50	926	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	201.13/cwt	201.00–202.50	839	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	170.09/cwt	162.00–173.00	1,299	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	649	189.20/cwt	188.50–189.50	1,228	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	651	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,243	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,048	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	160.94/cwt	154.50–165.85	1,331	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	187.75/cwt	178.00–191.50	999	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	152.85/cwt	152.85–152.85	1,426	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	170.81/cwt	166.25–173.75	1,255	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	379	178.03/cwt	176.00–181.00	675	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	186.65/cwt	177.00–191.00	1,172	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	622	145.66/cwt	144.00–149.00	906	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	186.07/cwt	174.00–187.75	977	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	165.67/cwt	163.00–166.00	1,022	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	760	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,189	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	365	207.71/cwt	192.50–213.00	758	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	154.44/cwt	149.75–159.25	1,344	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	318	205.68/cwt	196.00–210.00	654	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	282	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	620	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	480	174.11/cwt	170.00–177.00	836	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	196.51/cwt	181.00–204.00	851	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	172.50/cwt	163.00–175.50	976	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	548	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	891	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	466	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	822	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,060	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,057	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	145.34/cwt	138.50–149.50	964	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	147.83/cwt	139.00–150.00	850	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	164.50/cwt	157.00–167.00	867	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	168.46/cwt	161.00–172.00	792	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	187.30/cwt	180.00–195.00	575	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	143.36/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,253	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	784	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	908	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	143.17/cwt	141.25–145.75	1,330	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	154.89/cwt	153.00–155.50	747	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	161.38/cwt	150.50–165.00	1,017	592
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,258	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	161.40/cwt	158.00–164.00	899	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	157.29/cwt	149.00–162.00	1,081	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	399	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	638	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	149.88/cwt	145.50–151.50	1,081	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	378	182.94/cwt	176.00–189.50	692	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	163.65/cwt	161.00–165.00	776	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	523	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	764	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	174.66/cwt	167.50–180.00	728	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	320	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	182.33/cwt	176.50–186.00	702	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	182.27/cwt	180.50–182.75	793	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	557	160.82/cwt	159.50–161.50	896	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	256	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	435	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	447	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	697	25
Steers	Large 1	—	1,088	143.73/cwt	142.10–144.35	1,564	249
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	302	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	513	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	467	205.98/cwt	199.00–209.00	962	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	425	209.46/cwt	209.00–210.00	890	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	371	219.18/cwt	219.00–219.50	813	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	638	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,247	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	155.63/cwt	149.00–165.00	994	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	838	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,302	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	175.29/cwt	170.00–178.00	927	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	150.60/cwt	142.50–152.00	1,470	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	177.30/cwt	167.00–181.00	1,204	201

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

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Receipts 5,111Last week 1,804Year ago 5,046

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	706	156.00	156.00
70	—	472	183.00–196.00	193.80
254	—	525	174.00–187.75	186.07
35	—	617	163.00–166.00	165.67
7	—	760	156.50	156.50
30	—	365	192.50–213.00	207.71
16	—	318	196.00–210.00	205.68
7	—	282	220.00	220.00
73	—	433	181.00–204.00	196.51
47	—	566	163.00–175.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	567	170.00–187.75	182.44
35	—	479	187.50–193.50	193.24
11	—	417	201.00–202.50	201.13
238	—	764	162.00–173.00	170.09
125	—	827	154.50–165.85	160.94
121	—	532	178.00–191.50	187.75
66	—	933	152.85	152.85
241	—	735	166.25–173.75	170.81
111	—	628	177.00–191.00	186.65
191	—	870	149.75–159.25	154.44
144	—	976	142.50–152.00	150.60
201	—	679	167.00–181.00	177.30
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,113	143.50	143.50
249	—	1,088	142.10–144.35	143.73
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	163.00	163.00
6	—	573	159.00	159.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	865	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	180.00	180.00
7	—	812	146.00	146.00
9	—	713	147.00	147.00
24	—	639	149.00–165.00	155.63
22	—	933	139.50	139.50
17	—	529	170.00–178.00	175.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	649	188.50–189.50	189.20
24	—	651	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	379	176.00–181.00	178.03
9	—	622	144.00–149.00	145.66
16	—	480	170.00–177.00	174.11
9	—	548	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	320	222.00	222.00
41	—	467	199.00–209.00	205.98
30	—	425	209.00–210.00	209.46
18	—	371	219.00–219.50	219.18
30	—	638	195.50	195.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	769	145.75–150.50	149.45
133	—	811	146.75–152.75	149.24
103	—	527	157.00–167.00	164.50
57	—	470	161.00–172.00	168.46
9	—	307	180.00–195.00	187.30
36	—	874	141.00–145.00	143.36
28	—	929	141.25–145.75	143.17
592	—	630	150.50–165.00	161.38
7	—	953	132.00	132.00
58	—	557	158.00–164.00	161.40
136	—	687	149.00–162.00	157.29
37	—	721	145.50–151.50	149.88
12	—	417	167.50–180.00	174.66
24	—	385	176.50–186.00	182.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	645	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	466	176.50	176.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	853	137.00	137.00
31	—	754	140.25	140.25
51	—	663	138.50–149.50	145.34
22	—	575	139.00–150.00	147.83
15	—	533	147.00	147.00
9	—	601	151.00	151.00
17	—	482	153.00–155.50	154.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	399	160.00	160.00
6	—	523	146.00	146.00
25	—	447	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	378	176.00–189.50	182.94
24	—	474	161.00–165.00	163.65
61	—	435	180.50–182.75	182.27
35	—	557	159.50–161.50	160.82
7	—	256	170.00	170.00
7	—	302	170.00	170.00
28	—	505	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	752	141.00	141.00

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