Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2021-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 650 lbs. were 1.00 higher to 3.00 lower. Steers over 650 lbs. were mostly 1.00-6.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. were mostly 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers over 600 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower. Several load lots were included in the offerings. 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 $169.03/cwt on 1,723 head.

Average price

$169.03

1,723 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$16.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.46

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	645	170.12	1,098	1,601
Large 1	533	167.00	890	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	628	153.28	963	110

One grade step is worth $16.84/cwt here — about $135 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 sale1,723 hd

169.03

—

IA average11 barns · 7,730 hd

161.56

+7.46

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

62 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	—	389	188.55/cwt	185.00–197.50	733	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	172.97/cwt	165.50–181.25	998	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	165.15/cwt	157.00–172.25	1,120	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	158.52/cwt	151.00–168.00	827	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	511	132.47/cwt	131.00–136.00	677	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	148.86/cwt	147.00–152.50	999	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,119	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	598	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	885	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	176.96/cwt	172.00–187.50	940	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	812	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	777	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	183.73/cwt	179.00–186.00	897	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	168.39/cwt	163.00–171.10	1,056	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	461	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	765	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	604	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	864	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	166.59/cwt	163.50–172.50	1,214	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	152.24/cwt	151.00–152.50	1,378	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	788	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,103	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	191.47/cwt	182.50–193.85	913	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	161.59/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,020	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	684	148.68/cwt	142.00–153.00	1,017	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	543	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	891	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	165.01/cwt	156.50–167.00	1,282	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	178.91/cwt	166.50–183.00	1,002	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	418	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	828	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	173.70/cwt	172.00–180.00	903	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	129.43/cwt	105.00–144.00	699	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	920	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,141	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	759	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	788	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	969	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	570	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	795	13
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,075	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	146.77/cwt	143.00–155.00	977	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	170.78/cwt	160.00–174.00	733	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,232	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	145.44/cwt	143.00–146.00	756	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	638	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	145.37/cwt	136.00–149.50	914	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	144.68/cwt	144.00–144.75	1,140	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	130.90/cwt	126.00–138.00	924	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	159.15/cwt	151.00–163.50	899	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	454	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	745	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	150.56/cwt	149.00–153.25	864	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	159.38/cwt	154.00–161.00	791	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	128.46/cwt	126.00–130.00	818	15
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	429	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	627	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	159.59/cwt	150.00–169.50	847	63
Steers	Large 1	—	533	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	890	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	853	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,220	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	683	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	874	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	148.28/cwt	139.50–152.75	1,074	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	623	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	754	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	437	167.00/cwt	158.00–172.00	730	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	155.96/cwt	153.00–164.00	883	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	177.83/cwt	169.00–183.00	926	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	371	161.13/cwt	160.00–162.00	598	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	846	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,126	13

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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Receipts 3,219Last week 2,446Year ago 3,782

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	389	185.00–197.50	188.55
48	—	531	172.00–187.50	176.96
4	—	788	140.00	140.00
102	—	477	182.50–193.85	191.47
47	—	631	158.00–164.00	161.59
15	—	684	142.00–153.00	148.68
70	—	560	166.50–183.00	178.91
10	—	418	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	577	165.50–181.25	172.97
302	—	678	157.00–172.25	165.15
10	—	408	199.00	199.00
20	—	488	179.00–186.00	183.73
233	—	627	163.00–171.10	168.39
265	—	729	163.50–172.50	166.59
47	—	905	151.00–152.50	152.24
171	—	777	156.50–167.00	165.01
103	—	521	169.00–183.00	177.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	671	147.00–152.50	148.86
12	—	746	150.00	150.00
4	—	449	173.00	173.00
13	—	566	153.00–164.00	155.96
13	—	756	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	598	148.00	148.00
7	—	461	166.00	166.00
7	—	604	143.00	143.00
14	—	543	164.00	164.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	533	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	853	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	522	151.00–168.00	158.52
33	—	454	164.00	164.00
16	—	574	149.00–153.25	150.56
46	—	437	158.00–172.00	167.00
9	—	371	160.00–162.00	161.13
13	—	643	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	511	131.00–136.00	132.47
4	—	683	128.00	128.00
4	—	623	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	520	172.00–180.00	173.70
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	570	139.50	139.50
4	—	1,075	133.25	133.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	666	143.00–155.00	146.77
18	—	429	160.00–174.00	170.78
4	—	955	129.00	129.00
150	—	629	136.00–149.50	145.37
3	—	823	130.00	130.00
68	—	788	144.00–144.75	144.68
6	—	397	172.00	172.00
114	—	565	151.00–163.50	159.15
13	—	496	154.00–161.00	159.38
63	—	531	150.00–169.50	159.59
180	—	724	139.50–152.75	148.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	520	143.00–146.00	145.44
7	—	443	144.00	144.00
23	—	706	126.00–138.00	130.90
6	—	756	129.00	129.00
15	—	637	126.00–130.00	128.46
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	429	146.25	146.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	450	161.00	161.00
8	—	540	105.00–144.00	129.43
12	—	920	124.00	124.00
6	—	554	137.00	137.00
2	—	788	123.00	123.00

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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