Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2021-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 750 lbs. sold mostly 6.00 higher to as much as 10.00 higher. The lighter steers were higher but didn't have the numbers both weeks to compare. Heifers under 650 lbs. were 6.00 higher, while the heavier heifers were sharply higher with limited comparable numbers. Several load lots were included in the offerings. Demand was good for the moderate to heavy offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.74/cwt on 1,783 head.

Average price

$165.74

1,783 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,202

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$359

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

$13.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.80

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	736	166.63	1,227	1,667
Medium and Large 1-2	567	152.97	867	116

One grade step is worth $13.66/cwt here — about $359 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 sale1,783 hd

165.74

—

IA average6 barns · 2,757 hd

158.94

+6.80

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

52 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	374	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	711	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,039	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,195	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,089	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	137.19/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,205	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	714	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	642	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	944	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	446	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	816	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	169.38/cwt	169.00–170.00	976	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	469	166.71/cwt	165.00–169.00	782	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	465	180.27/cwt	169.00–184.00	838	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	756	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	153.92/cwt	151.00–162.50	791	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	184.78/cwt	182.50–185.50	992	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	369	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	720	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	155.07/cwt	147.00–156.00	1,462	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	173.20/cwt	164.00–178.00	991	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	183.95/cwt	179.50–191.00	866	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	166.78/cwt	164.50–171.50	1,117	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	200.78/cwt	192.75–204.00	735	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	174.77/cwt	171.00–177.50	764	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	256	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	550	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	163.15/cwt	160.25–165.75	1,297	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	575	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	794	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	163.39/cwt	157.50–169.00	1,189	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	149.81/cwt	142.00–152.00	929	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	150.09/cwt	140.00–153.00	785	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	149.01/cwt	143.00–152.00	1,214	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	143.36/cwt	140.00–150.00	700	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	139.14/cwt	139.00–139.50	925	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	704	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	148.67/cwt	146.00–155.00	694	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	416	169.03/cwt	164.00–172.00	703	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	860	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	154.36/cwt	149.00–163.00	713	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	228	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	169.06/cwt	164.50–174.00	737	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,107	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	163.50/cwt	153.25–165.60	1,336	385
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	173.02/cwt	170.00–177.50	557	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	154.35/cwt	149.50–156.25	1,036	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	509	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	169.10/cwt	165.00–172.00	634	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	146.95/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,061	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	168.19/cwt	159.00–173.50	1,061	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	548	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	745	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	145.13/cwt	137.00–148.00	810	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	162.93/cwt	155.25–166.10	1,414	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	153.73/cwt	145.00–156.00	895	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,474	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	175.66/cwt	170.00–179.00	927	28

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 Oct 18, 2021

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

Receipts 2,802Last week 1,409Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	150.00	150.00
3	—	460	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	374	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,039	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	721	151.00	151.00
16	—	878	136.00–138.00	137.19
43	—	620	142.00–152.00	149.81
32	—	523	140.00–153.00	150.09
94	—	815	143.00–152.00	149.01
36	—	462	149.00–163.00	154.36
92	—	436	164.50–174.00	169.06
21	—	322	170.00–177.50	173.02
165	—	671	149.50–156.25	154.35
7	—	375	165.00–172.00	169.10
41	—	558	137.00–148.00	145.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	575	138.00	138.00
23	—	467	146.00–155.00	148.67
18	—	416	164.00–172.00	169.03
4	—	228	207.50	207.50
4	—	509	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	488	140.00–150.00	143.36
14	—	665	139.00–139.50	139.14
7	—	510	138.00	138.00
5	—	642	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	548	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	340	210.00	210.00
23	—	446	183.00	183.00
26	—	576	169.00–170.00	169.38
16	—	465	169.00–184.00	180.27
32	—	537	182.50–185.50	184.78
7	—	369	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	642	147.00	147.00
7	—	469	165.00–169.00	166.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	494	153.00	153.00
26	—	514	151.00–162.50	153.92
5	—	769	144.00	144.00
6	—	722	145.00–151.00	146.95
41	—	582	145.00–156.00	153.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	943	147.00–156.00	155.07
142	—	572	164.00–178.00	173.20
39	—	471	179.50–191.00	183.95
62	—	670	164.50–171.50	166.78
18	—	366	192.75–204.00	200.78
26	—	437	171.00–177.50	174.77
8	—	256	215.00	215.00
180	—	795	160.25–165.75	163.15
247	—	728	157.50–169.00	163.39
385	—	817	153.25–165.60	163.50
67	—	631	159.00–173.50	168.19
231	—	868	155.25–166.10	162.93
55	—	960	153.50	153.50
28	—	528	170.00–179.00	175.66

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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