Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. No trend as last report was three weeks ago. Several load lots of good quality cattle. Demand was strong. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.72/cwt on 611 head.

Average price

$180.72

611 head · 737 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,332

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$477

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

$29.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.77

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	746	182.26	1,359	579
Medium and Large 1-2	577	152.91	882	32

One grade step is worth $29.34/cwt here — about $477 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 sale611 hd

180.72

—

IA average4 barns · 1,156 hd

165.95

+14.77

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

33 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 1	—	333	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	576	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,012	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,255	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	167.19/cwt	165.00–170.00	732	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,158	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	986	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	152.12/cwt	146.00–158.00	1,190	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,418	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,204	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	163.98/cwt	162.50–166.00	772	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	199.54/cwt	187.00–209.00	938	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	789	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,157	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,211	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	162.69/cwt	160.00–164.50	1,082	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	198.01/cwt	177.50–199.50	1,012	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	161.03/cwt	155.50–164.50	1,230	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	847	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	192.62/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,215	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	198.11/cwt	176.00–201.00	1,155	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	172.33/cwt	155.00–182.50	838	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	138.79/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,230	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,232	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	160.87/cwt	149.50–163.00	1,517	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	196.86/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,303	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	173.13/cwt	159.50–174.50	1,522	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	161.44/cwt	159.00–165.50	1,011	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	149.70/cwt	143.00–158.00	1,079	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	170.23/cwt	163.00–172.00	950	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,032	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	145.76/cwt	130.00–154.00	758	12

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 Jul 11, 2022

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

Receipts 1,163Last week 2,259Year ago 1,105

Special Cattle Sale. No trend as last report was three weeks ago. Several load lots of good quality cattle. Demand was strong. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	173.00	173.00
5	—	653	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	347	170.00	170.00
6	—	923	136.00	136.00
7	—	438	165.00–170.00	167.19
8	—	836	138.50	138.50
48	—	665	160.00–164.50	162.69
107	—	511	177.50–199.50	198.01
134	—	764	155.50–164.50	161.03
34	—	486	155.00–182.50	172.33
10	—	886	138.00–140.00	138.79
11	—	1,010	122.00	122.00
17	—	626	159.00–165.50	161.44
18	—	721	143.00–158.00	149.70
26	—	558	163.00–172.00	170.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	759	136.00	136.00
7	—	379	157.50	157.50
12	—	520	130.00–154.00	145.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	508	194.00	194.00
10	—	782	146.00–158.00	152.12
72	—	815	174.00	174.00
39	—	470	187.00–209.00	199.54
4	—	723	160.00	160.00
4	—	1,211	133.00	133.00
7	—	411	206.00	206.00
49	—	631	190.00–193.00	192.62
63	—	583	176.00–201.00	198.11
81	—	943	149.50–163.00	160.87
113	—	662	195.00–200.00	196.86
129	—	879	159.50–174.50	173.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	836	144.00	144.00
12	—	471	162.50–166.00	163.98
13	—	535	147.50	147.50

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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