Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2021-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer calves under 650 lbs. sold 6.00-8.00 higher while the heavier steers were 3.00-8.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. were 4.00-7.00 higher and those over 600 lbs. were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Several load lots were included in the offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.22/cwt on 2,085 head.

Average price

$176.22

2,085 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,151

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$254

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$30.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.16

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	652	178.16	1,162	1,853
Medium and Large 1-2	639	161.77	1,034	216
Large 1	959	147.75	1,416	16thin

One grade step is worth $30.41/cwt here — about −$254 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 sale2,085 hd

176.22

—

IA average10 barns · 9,281 hd

170.06

+6.16

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

72 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 1Unweaned	—	386	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	704	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	316	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	654	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	940	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	826	138.62/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,145	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	967	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	154.76/cwt	140.00–160.00	642	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	520	170.68/cwt	164.50–178.00	888	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	739	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,097	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	427	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	845	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	172.17/cwt	164.50–177.75	1,061	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	195.76/cwt	188.00–198.50	1,008	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	199.86/cwt	187.00–205.00	969	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	172.45/cwt	159.00–176.25	1,235	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	345	215.57/cwt	215.00–217.50	744	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	683	161.27/cwt	160.25–163.50	1,101	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	584	175.96/cwt	167.50–178.50	1,028	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	586	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	920	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	635	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,016	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	172.79/cwt	169.00–178.50	1,187	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	148.60/cwt	146.50–149.00	1,444	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	182.42/cwt	174.00–188.50	1,049	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	164.78/cwt	155.00–166.75	1,351	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	726	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	177.06/cwt	167.00–182.60	1,105	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	167.13/cwt	165.00–169.50	979	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	207.68/cwt	206.00–212.00	685	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	192.55/cwt	187.50–205.00	832	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	212.77/cwt	212.50–213.00	1,026	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	168.17/cwt	160.00–169.50	1,327	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	194.96/cwt	185.00–204.00	1,033	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	152.81/cwt	147.00–156.50	1,112	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	157.76/cwt	151.00–160.50	1,054	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	146.61/cwt	139.50–149.50	1,138	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	773	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	925	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	155.62/cwt	149.00–161.00	951	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	144.86/cwt	144.00–145.50	918	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	836	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,129	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	512	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	993	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	462	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	858	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	588	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,029	100
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	160.55/cwt	157.00–161.00	836	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,179	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,285	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	147.54/cwt	143.00–154.00	780	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	150.84/cwt	147.00–153.50	851	44
Heifers	Large 1	—	636	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	979	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	143.76/cwt	143.00–144.50	973	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	172.56/cwt	167.50–178.75	813	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	148.49/cwt	145.50–151.00	1,081	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	166.47/cwt	160.00–174.00	729	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,197	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	161.96/cwt	158.00–165.00	771	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	587	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	822	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	154.97/cwt	149.00–161.00	959	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	161.47/cwt	153.50–167.00	846	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	178.99/cwt	173.00–183.00	666	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	161.71/cwt	154.00–170.25	933	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	154.21/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,022	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	347	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	642	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	386	180.67/cwt	179.00–182.00	697	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	916	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	464	173.38/cwt	161.00–177.00	804	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	739	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	642	138.68/cwt	137.00–139.50	890	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	181.17/cwt	176.00–184.00	975	28
Steers	Large 1	—	1,038	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,536	12
Steers	Large 1	—	720	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,058	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	510	160.12/cwt	152.00–164.50	817	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	157.30/cwt	151.00–162.00	895	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	152.17/cwt	142.00–159.50	927	34

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 →

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Receipts 4,312Last week 1,859Year ago 1,010

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	182.50	182.50
9	—	316	207.00	207.00
10	—	537	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	826	134.00–140.00	138.62
7	—	624	155.00	155.00
12	—	415	140.00–160.00	154.76
18	—	521	157.00–161.00	160.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	520	164.50–178.00	170.68
5	—	739	148.50	148.50
8	—	586	157.00	157.00
8	—	635	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	427	198.00	198.00
40	—	616	164.50–177.75	172.17
41	—	515	188.00–198.50	195.76
42	—	485	187.00–205.00	199.86
17	—	345	215.00–217.50	215.57
32	—	683	160.25–163.50	161.27
40	—	584	167.50–178.50	175.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
339	—	716	159.00–176.25	172.45
269	—	687	169.00–178.50	172.79
62	—	972	146.50–149.00	148.60
82	—	575	174.00–188.50	182.42
84	—	820	155.00–166.75	164.78
3	—	363	200.00	200.00
316	—	624	167.00–182.60	177.06
13	—	330	206.00–212.00	207.68
47	—	432	187.50–205.00	192.55
57	—	482	212.50–213.00	212.77
164	—	789	160.00–169.50	168.17
198	—	530	185.00–204.00	194.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	586	165.00–169.50	167.13
55	—	728	147.00–156.50	152.81
20	—	668	151.00–160.50	157.76
24	—	776	139.50–149.50	146.61
4	—	439	176.00	176.00
8	—	492	188.00	188.00
11	—	611	149.00–161.00	155.62
28	—	538	176.00–184.00	181.17
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,038	148.00	148.00
4	—	720	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	634	144.00–145.50	144.86
15	—	816	144.50	144.50
5	—	970	132.50	132.50
47	—	529	143.00–154.00	147.54
44	—	564	147.00–153.50	150.84
26	—	677	143.00–144.50	143.76
5	—	449	151.00	151.00
56	—	476	158.00–165.00	161.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	836	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	512	194.00	194.00
25	—	462	185.75	185.75
100	—	588	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	636	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	471	167.50–178.75	172.56
50	—	728	145.50–151.00	148.49
20	—	438	160.00–174.00	166.47
5	—	858	139.50	139.50
87	—	619	149.00–161.00	154.97
71	—	524	153.50–167.00	161.47
69	—	372	173.00–183.00	178.99
239	—	577	154.00–170.25	161.71
176	—	663	146.00–156.00	154.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	587	140.00	140.00
12	—	642	137.00–139.50	138.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	347	185.00	185.00
9	—	386	179.00–182.00	180.67
5	—	652	140.50	140.50
27	—	464	161.00–177.00	173.38
20	—	420	176.00	176.00
74	—	510	152.00–164.50	160.12
43	—	569	151.00–162.00	157.30
34	—	609	142.00–159.50	152.17

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