Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as last report was three weeks ago. Trade active with good demand for the large offering,

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $187.81/cwt on 3,040 head.

Average price

$187.81

3,040 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,185

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$36.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.16

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	188.53	1,201	2,697
Medium and Large 1-2	572	183.85	1,052	324
Large 1	749	152.50	1,142	19thin

One grade step is worth $36.03/cwt here — about $59 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 sale3,040 hd

187.81

—

IA average7 barns · 5,804 hd

183.65

+4.16

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

48 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 1	—	678	180.17/cwt	170.00–188.25	1,222	496
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	227.03/cwt	222.50–242.00	749	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	246	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	170.09/cwt	158.00–173.85	1,228	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	188.80/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,127	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	190.49/cwt	182.00–192.00	996	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	199.66/cwt	190.50–210.00	1,138	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,410	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	217.15/cwt	204.00–229.00	1,021	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	159.90/cwt	158.00–161.00	1,302	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	164.68/cwt	154.00–168.50	1,276	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	221.49/cwt	212.50–230.00	935	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,119	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	557	198.94/cwt	193.00–204.00	1,108	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,064	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	221.97/cwt	211.00–229.00	852	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	188.09/cwt	180.00–200.50	1,172	357
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	210.61/cwt	201.00–222.00	1,125	329
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	174.26/cwt	161.00–183.00	1,002	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	146.35/cwt	146.35–146.35	1,168	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	181.92/cwt	176.00–186.00	766	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	188.92/cwt	187.50–190.00	633	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	519	194.07/cwt	193.50–194.50	1,007	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,056	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	854	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	202.25/cwt	199.00–207.00	738	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	194.91/cwt	190.00–208.00	928	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	167.62/cwt	160.50–175.50	1,130	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	173.38/cwt	164.00–183.00	1,078	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	180.26/cwt	172.00–190.50	954	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,000	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	975	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	678	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,346	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	550	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,262	51
Steers	Large 1	—	749	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,142	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	164.43/cwt	150.00–171.00	786	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	143.76/cwt	140.00–147.00	986	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	167.33/cwt	153.00–175.00	1,037	438
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	153.10/cwt	141.00–156.50	1,113	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	185.52/cwt	181.00–195.00	703	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	181.67/cwt	170.00–190.00	874	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	160.58/cwt	152.00–168.50	1,087	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	162.06/cwt	151.00–169.00	854	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	148.27/cwt	148.00–150.50	940	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	481	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	672	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	162.41/cwt	160.00–167.00	940	18

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 30, 2022

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

Receipts 6,500Last week 3,947Year ago 5,250

No trend as last report was three weeks ago. Trade active with good demand for the large offering,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
496	—	678	170.00–188.25	180.17
19	—	330	222.50–242.00	227.03
5	—	246	242.50	242.50
368	—	722	158.00–173.85	170.09
269	—	570	190.50–210.00	199.66
130	—	884	159.50	159.50
120	—	470	204.00–229.00	217.15
64	—	814	158.00–161.00	159.90
265	—	775	154.00–168.50	164.68
146	—	422	212.50–230.00	221.49
38	—	384	211.00–229.00	221.97
357	—	623	180.00–200.50	188.09
329	—	534	201.00–222.00	210.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	597	185.00–190.00	188.80
71	—	523	182.00–192.00	190.49
3	—	438	195.00	195.00
4	—	308	200.00	200.00
19	—	365	199.00–207.00	202.25
22	—	476	190.00–208.00	194.91
57	—	674	160.50–175.50	167.62
63	—	622	164.00–183.00	173.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	618	181.00	181.00
11	—	557	193.00–204.00	198.94
6	—	519	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	678	198.50	198.50
51	—	550	229.50	229.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	749	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	575	161.00–183.00	174.26
74	—	798	146.35	146.35
42	—	421	176.00–186.00	181.92
7	—	335	187.50–190.00	188.92
234	—	529	172.00–190.50	180.26
438	—	620	153.00–175.00	167.33
113	—	727	141.00–156.50	153.10
95	—	379	181.00–195.00	185.52
199	—	481	170.00–190.00	181.67
279	—	677	152.00–168.50	160.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	519	193.50–194.50	194.07
10	—	556	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	621	161.00	161.00
17	—	562	173.50	173.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	478	150.00–171.00	164.43
34	—	686	140.00–147.00	143.76
42	—	527	151.00–169.00	162.06
49	—	634	148.00–150.50	148.27
8	—	263	183.00	183.00
17	—	415	162.00	162.00
18	—	579	160.00–167.00	162.41

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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