Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2022-08-22

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Aug 22
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
1,518 head
312 vs last sale 1,830 286 vs year ago 1,804 · 15.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. No trend as last report was three weeks ago. Trade was active with several load lots. Good demand for light weight grazing cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.58/cwt on 804 head.
Average price
$195.58
804 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,337
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$451
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.88
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1689196.681,356773
Medium and Large 1-2539168.0690531
One grade step is worth $28.62/cwt here — about $451 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 sale804 hd
195.58
IA average5 barns · 3,040 hd
185.69
+9.88
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

37 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1522185.00/cwt185.00–185.009663
BullsMedium and Large 1449205.00/cwt205.00–205.009205
HeifersMedium and Large 1322187.50/cwt187.50–187.506043
HeifersMedium and Large 11,035132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3665
HeifersMedium and Large 1397178.00/cwt178.00–178.007078
HeifersMedium and Large 1725169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,2298
SteersMedium and Large 1715186.84/cwt179.00–196.001,33634
SteersMedium and Large 1693191.38/cwt177.00–195.851,326137
SteersMedium and Large 1548196.65/cwt195.00–197.001,07823
SteersMedium and Large 1429207.22/cwt200.00–219.0088920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2461165.24/cwt155.00–185.0076214
SteersMedium and Large 1487221.35/cwt201.00–224.001,07843
SteersMedium and Large 1933168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,5725
SteersMedium and Large 1825187.58/cwt179.75–189.851,548272
SteersMedium and Large 1361223.73/cwt218.00–229.0080814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2695169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1753
SteersMedium and Large 1628209.28/cwt197.00–213.601,314130
SteersMedium and Large 1567201.49/cwt189.00–208.501,14272
SteersMedium and Large 1-2572176.60/cwt170.00–180.001,0109
HeifersMedium and Large 1663178.68/cwt173.00–183.501,18557
SteersMedium and Large 1863172.37/cwt172.00–172.501,48812
HeifersMedium and Large 1882145.91/cwt144.00–150.001,28720
HeifersMedium and Large 1422189.34/cwt175.00–197.0079925
HeifersMedium and Large 1573186.44/cwt168.00–189.501,06897
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed415227.00/cwt227.00–227.0094211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490158.00/cwt158.00–158.007743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2602160.00/cwt160.00–160.009635
HeifersMedium and Large 1632183.37/cwt173.00–187.501,15996
HeifersMedium and Large 1534184.38/cwt162.00–191.0098597
HeifersMedium and Large 1818147.67/cwt145.00–149.001,20815
HeifersMedium and Large 1775156.66/cwt146.00–162.501,21419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622132.68/cwt123.00–148.008258
HeifersMedium and Large 1961144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,38415
HeifersMedium and Large 1470174.19/cwt160.00–185.0081930
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2848126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2507139.00/cwt139.00–139.007053
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582130.96/cwt129.00–132.5076214

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.