Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.32/cwt on 1,212 head.

Average price

$183.32

1,212 head · 740 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,356

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$343

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

$14.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.72

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	183.98	1,372	1,158
Medium and Large 1-2	608	169.21	1,029	54

One grade step is worth $14.77/cwt here — about $343 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 sale1,212 hd

183.32

—

IA average6 barns · 3,305 hd

171.60

+11.72

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	—	478	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	750	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	164.65/cwt	152.00–187.00	945	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,020	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	855	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	191.90/cwt	182.50–198.00	798	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	201.31/cwt	196.00–209.00	1,069	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	206.93/cwt	197.50–209.00	975	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	174.94/cwt	161.00–185.00	1,340	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	195.52/cwt	188.00–201.00	1,116	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	176.88/cwt	161.00–179.00	1,551	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,134	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	176.66/cwt	162.00–184.50	1,298	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	176.48/cwt	163.00–188.50	1,204	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	174.31/cwt	160.00–179.75	1,093	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	182.65/cwt	168.00–188.25	968	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,623	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	179.23/cwt	172.75–181.25	1,473	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	162.58/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,045	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	148.17/cwt	146.50–148.50	1,205	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	156.11/cwt	148.00–168.00	1,051	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	173.13/cwt	161.00–180.50	1,004	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	817	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	197.99/cwt	180.00–204.00	1,247	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	924	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	735	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	135.64/cwt	132.00–143.00	735	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	125.54/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,034	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	995	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	182.78/cwt	175.00–184.50	982	16

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 Aug 1, 2022

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

Receipts 1,830Last week 1,163Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	478	157.00	157.00
8	—	574	152.00–187.00	164.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	718	142.00	142.00
4	—	855	142.00	142.00
5	—	467	183.00	183.00
19	—	416	182.50–198.00	191.90
111	—	627	160.00–179.75	174.31
184	—	530	168.00–188.25	182.65
31	—	813	146.50–148.50	148.17
40	—	673	148.00–168.00	156.11
75	—	580	161.00–180.50	173.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	135.00	135.00
5	—	444	151.00	151.00
5	—	487	151.00	151.00
9	—	542	132.00–143.00	135.64
16	—	824	121.00–127.00	125.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	531	196.00–209.00	201.31
44	—	471	197.50–209.00	206.93
47	—	766	161.00–185.00	174.94
4	—	941	151.00	151.00
64	—	571	188.00–201.00	195.52
270	—	877	161.00–179.00	176.88
85	—	735	162.00–184.50	176.66
93	—	682	163.00–188.50	176.48
62	—	966	168.00	168.00
216	—	822	172.75–181.25	179.23
4	—	391	209.00	209.00
229	—	630	180.00–204.00	197.99
7	—	440	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	722	157.00	157.00
27	—	643	160.00–163.00	162.58
8	—	589	169.00	169.00
16	—	537	175.00–184.50	182.78

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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