Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (4/25) steer calves 300-650 lbs. 2.00-8.00 higher, 650-750 lbs. 5.00-8.00 higher, 750-950 lbs. firm. Heifer calves 300-650 lbs. 3.00-8.00 higher, 650-950 lbs. 2.00-5.00 lower. Trade active on good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.69/cwt on 2,131 head.

Average price

$184.69

2,131 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,156

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$88

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$47.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.47

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	186.91	1,163	1,931
Medium and Large 1-2	555	173.93	965	138
Large 1	898	139.31	1,251	62

One grade step is worth $47.60/cwt here — about −$88 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 sale2,131 hd

184.69

—

IA average7 barns · 5,216 hd

174.22

+10.47

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

68 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	—	735	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	956	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	844	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	950	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,008	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	716	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	875	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	201.06/cwt	184.00–212.00	1,054	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,085	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	169.35/cwt	150.00–174.50	1,231	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	156.90/cwt	149.00–162.75	1,294	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	345	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	783	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	425	223.25/cwt	217.00–227.00	949	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	391	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	821	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,066	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	160.58/cwt	151.25–165.25	1,248	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	193.67/cwt	178.00–202.00	1,116	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,032	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	453	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	983	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	213.78/cwt	210.00–218.00	806	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	222.61/cwt	214.00–228.00	951	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	198.02/cwt	190.00–201.00	828	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	159.65/cwt	159.00–160.00	1,027	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	182.65/cwt	167.00–186.00	1,218	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	207.14/cwt	197.00–217.50	690	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	180.88/cwt	168.50–186.10	1,143	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	206.14/cwt	193.00–213.00	1,095	245
Steers	Large 1	—	1,013	134.57/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,363	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	185.97/cwt	170.00–195.00	956	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,283	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	212.50/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,018	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	199.16/cwt	196.00–205.00	966	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	172.08/cwt	168.00–176.00	981	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	836	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	153.08/cwt	151.00–163.00	885	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	660	167.10/cwt	167.10–167.10	1,103	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	567	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	995	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	706	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	168.39/cwt	165.00–172.00	727	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	147.17/cwt	141.00–152.50	787	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	820	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	172.83/cwt	165.00–183.00	817	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	147.44/cwt	141.00–155.00	854	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	173.67/cwt	165.00–177.25	905	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	192.31/cwt	189.00–200.00	660	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	638	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	501	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	782	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	156.19/cwt	148.00–162.50	1,057	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	167.97/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,035	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	178.35/cwt	170.00–188.00	774	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,270	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	151.23/cwt	143.00–158.00	715	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	141.52/cwt	138.50–146.00	1,093	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	186.36/cwt	181.00–196.00	729	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	307	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	614	9
Steers	Large 1	—	694	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,090	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	605	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,177	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	169.70/cwt	164.50–172.00	966	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	133.47/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,088	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	174.00/cwt	164.00–183.00	750	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	881	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	199.41/cwt	197.00–205.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	142.72/cwt	142.00–152.00	986	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	129.49/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,142	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	146.84/cwt	140.00–158.00	1,075	50
Steers	Large 1	—	637	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,070	13
Steers	Large 1	—	933	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	961	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	185.91/cwt	185.00–187.00	697	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,076	7

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 May 9, 2022

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

Receipts 3,947Last week 3,730Year ago 3,995

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	735	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	126.00	126.00
4	—	633	150.00	150.00
5	—	775	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	369	194.00	194.00
13	—	530	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	524	184.00–212.00	201.06
5	—	670	162.00	162.00
13	—	345	227.00	227.00
21	—	425	217.00–227.00	223.25
5	—	391	210.00	210.00
7	—	609	175.00	175.00
8	—	564	183.00	183.00
11	—	453	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	727	150.00–174.50	169.35
148	—	825	149.00–162.75	156.90
265	—	777	151.25–165.25	160.58
338	—	576	178.00–202.00	193.67
24	—	377	210.00–218.00	213.78
28	—	427	214.00–228.00	222.61
168	—	667	167.00–186.00	182.65
13	—	333	197.00–217.50	207.14
203	—	632	168.50–186.10	180.88
245	—	531	193.00–213.00	206.14
17	—	858	149.50	149.50
200	—	479	200.00–225.00	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	418	190.00–201.00	198.02
17	—	643	159.00–160.00	159.65
21	—	514	170.00–195.00	185.97
19	—	485	196.00–205.00	199.16
19	—	570	168.00–176.00	172.08
3	—	332	197.00–205.00	199.41
27	—	691	142.00–152.00	142.72
9	—	375	185.00–187.00	185.91
7	—	727	148.00	148.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,013	130.00–135.00	134.57
5	—	694	157.00	157.00
13	—	637	168.00	168.00
8	—	933	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	605	194.50	194.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	536	156.00	156.00
24	—	578	151.00–163.00	153.08
9	—	307	200.00	200.00
12	—	431	164.00–183.00	174.00
11	—	479	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	660	167.10	167.10
59	—	567	175.50	175.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	642	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	432	165.00–172.00	168.39
18	—	535	141.00–152.50	147.17
14	—	636	129.00	129.00
63	—	579	141.00–155.00	147.44
7	—	381	167.50	167.50
34	—	473	143.00–158.00	151.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	473	165.00–183.00	172.83
169	—	521	165.00–177.25	173.67
11	—	343	189.00–200.00	192.31
79	—	677	148.00–162.50	156.19
240	—	616	150.00–175.00	167.97
74	—	434	170.00–188.00	178.35
28	—	990	128.25	128.25
118	—	772	138.50–146.00	141.52
50	—	391	181.00–196.00	186.36
109	—	569	164.50–172.00	169.70
82	—	815	129.00–135.00	133.47
19	—	882	126.00–133.00	129.49
50	—	732	140.00–158.00	146.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	501	156.00	156.00

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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