Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. No trend to compare. Trade active with good demand. Several load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.65/cwt on 1,213 head.

Average price

$175.65

1,213 head · 692 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,216

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

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

$11.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.64

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	706	176.68	1,247	1,108
Medium and Large 1-2	546	164.87	900	105

One grade step is worth $11.81/cwt here — about $348 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 sale1,213 hd

175.65

—

IA average7 barns · 3,600 hd

171.02

+4.64

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

39 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	145.98/cwt	121.00–150.00	1,187	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,069	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	986	115.64/cwt	100.00–127.00	1,140	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	626	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	189.97/cwt	172.50–197.50	813	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	142.49/cwt	134.00–144.75	1,025	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	193.89/cwt	187.00–200.00	733	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	167.10/cwt	160.00–173.00	959	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	211.46/cwt	195.00–221.00	1,009	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	166.22/cwt	152.50–167.85	1,285	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	169.47/cwt	156.00–175.75	1,213	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	194.26/cwt	173.00–208.00	1,125	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	165.71/cwt	151.00–182.00	800	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	173.98/cwt	170.00–178.00	896	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,102	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	168.53/cwt	155.00–173.50	1,122	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	158.96/cwt	137.00–162.85	1,456	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	159.10/cwt	146.00–164.00	1,282	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	220.92/cwt	192.50–234.00	870	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	795	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,092	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	121.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	751	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	163.00/cwt	154.00–168.00	794	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	671	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	145.35/cwt	145.35–145.35	1,430	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	162.04/cwt	145.00–170.25	953	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	156.33/cwt	140.00–165.00	979	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	166.48/cwt	163.00–171.00	882	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,401	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	186.15/cwt	164.00–196.00	1,134	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	198.40/cwt	191.00–214.00	1,059	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	176.71/cwt	162.00–184.00	848	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	159.18/cwt	141.00–164.25	1,071	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	168.79/cwt	165.00–173.00	731	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	730	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	152.17/cwt	142.00–164.00	807	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	821	17

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 Jun 13, 2022

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

Receipts 2,259Last week 6,500Year ago 1,264

Special Cattle Sale. No trend to compare. Trade active with good demand. Several load lots.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	813	121.00–150.00	145.98
12	—	334	187.50	187.50
15	—	428	172.50–197.50	189.97
17	—	719	134.00–144.75	142.49
23	—	378	187.00–200.00	193.89
171	—	588	145.00–170.25	162.04
53	—	626	140.00–165.00	156.33
58	—	530	163.00–171.00	166.48
102	—	480	162.00–184.00	176.71
116	—	673	141.00–164.25	159.18
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	986	100.00–127.00	115.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	617	120.00–125.00	121.69
3	—	381	167.50	167.50
35	—	487	154.00–168.00	163.00
62	—	433	165.00–173.00	168.79
10	—	652	112.00	112.00
15	—	530	142.00–164.00	152.17
17	—	562	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	804	133.00	133.00
30	—	574	160.00–173.00	167.10
49	—	483	151.00–182.00	165.71
6	—	515	170.00–178.00	173.98
6	—	725	152.00	152.00
7	—	656	166.50	166.50
3	—	385	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	477	195.00–221.00	211.46
77	—	773	152.50–167.85	166.22
95	—	716	156.00–175.75	169.47
113	—	579	173.00–208.00	194.26
53	—	666	155.00–173.50	168.53
206	—	916	137.00–162.85	158.96
127	—	806	146.00–164.00	159.10
19	—	394	192.50–234.00	220.92
26	—	416	191.00	191.00
12	—	324	207.00	207.00
35	—	984	145.35	145.35
59	—	870	161.00	161.00
108	—	609	164.00–196.00	186.15
73	—	534	191.00–214.00	198.40

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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