Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. Good supply with active trade. Compared to 2 weeks ago steers 400 to 500 pounds were 2.00 to 12.30 higher, while 500 to 600 pound steers were 6.30 to 14.40 lower. Heifers 350 to 500 pounds were 6.00 to 7.70 lower, while heifers 500 to 600 pounds were 3.60 to 14.80 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.09/cwt on 1,555 head.

Average price

$184.09

1,555 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$22.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.77

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	655	186.05	1,218	1,419
Medium and Large 1-2	595	163.64	973	136

One grade step is worth $22.41/cwt here — about $245 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 sale1,555 hd

184.09

—

IA average7 barns · 6,408 hd

186.87

−2.77

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

61 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	—	817	178.61/cwt	177.00–179.00	1,459	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	148.80/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,079	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	993	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	191.46/cwt	182.00–209.00	1,086	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	171.15/cwt	170.00–177.00	820	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	212.77/cwt	200.00–222.00	800	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	202.51/cwt	186.00–213.00	964	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	159.88/cwt	150.00–168.00	839	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	397	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	149.29/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,218	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	180.45/cwt	170.00–183.25	1,297	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,569	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	154.70/cwt	152.00–164.50	1,185	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	220.15/cwt	216.00–227.00	929	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	517	198.12/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,024	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	174.68/cwt	162.00–176.35	1,600	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	194.11/cwt	181.00–200.00	1,103	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	703	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,114	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	681	165.45/cwt	151.00–172.00	1,127	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	182.52/cwt	181.50–183.00	1,117	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	946	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	170.67/cwt	156.00–178.00	1,138	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	510	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	903	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	176.43/cwt	165.00–181.00	566	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,405	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,007	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,591	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	171.29/cwt	166.25–177.00	964	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	301	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	504	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	811	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	152.92/cwt	150.00–156.00	502	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	149.40/cwt	140.00–162.50	578	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	179.07/cwt	168.00–191.00	650	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	157.81/cwt	142.00–167.00	974	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	171.21/cwt	155.00–175.25	1,308	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	146.33/cwt	136.00–157.00	764	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	892	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,347	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	152.86/cwt	150.00–157.50	639	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,018	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	159.59/cwt	145.00–175.00	1,087	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	157.49/cwt	140.00–166.00	737	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	183.14/cwt	173.00–193.00	861	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	167.96/cwt	164.00–170.75	1,379	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	169.65/cwt	161.00–185.00	748	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	173.59/cwt	164.00–185.00	929	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	779	176.75/cwt	176.75–176.75	1,377	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	137.92/cwt	121.00–144.00	782	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	379	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	948	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	540	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	648	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	164.90/cwt	149.00–171.50	951	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	170.39/cwt	162.50–179.00	980	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	166.83/cwt	148.00–176.25	1,225	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	838	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,173	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	439	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	860	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	629	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,148	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	183.96/cwt	170.00–192.50	1,144	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	644	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	931	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	192.36/cwt	174.00–202.00	1,008	119

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

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Receipts 3,054Last week 3,248Year ago 2,446

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	817	177.00–179.00	178.61
34	—	567	182.00–209.00	191.46
6	—	321	225.00	225.00
19	—	376	200.00–222.00	212.77
127	—	476	186.00–213.00	202.51
106	—	719	170.00–183.25	180.45
60	—	898	174.75	174.75
23	—	766	152.00–164.50	154.70
68	—	422	216.00–227.00	220.15
192	—	916	162.00–176.35	174.68
115	—	667	156.00–178.00	170.67
147	—	622	170.00–192.50	183.96
119	—	524	174.00–202.00	192.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	725	148.00–152.00	148.80
3	—	653	152.00	152.00
24	—	479	170.00–177.00	171.15
19	—	525	150.00–168.00	159.88
12	—	816	145.00–152.00	149.29
46	—	575	162.50–179.00	170.39
3	—	363	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	397	222.50	222.50
121	—	517	190.00–205.00	198.12
44	—	568	181.00–200.00	194.11
36	—	681	151.00–172.00	165.45
28	—	612	181.50–183.00	182.52
8	—	428	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	703	158.50	158.50
3	—	510	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	779	176.75	176.75
26	—	629	182.50	182.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	838	140.00	140.00
7	—	439	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	321	165.00–181.00	176.43
7	—	862	163.00	163.00
36	—	363	168.00–191.00	179.07
73	—	617	142.00–167.00	157.81
55	—	764	155.00–175.25	171.21
37	—	681	145.00–175.00	159.59
146	—	470	173.00–193.00	183.14
38	—	821	164.00–170.75	167.96
79	—	441	161.00–185.00	169.65
89	—	535	164.00–185.00	173.59
180	—	577	149.00–171.50	164.90
148	—	734	148.00–176.25	166.83
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,007	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	563	166.25–177.00	171.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	328	150.00–156.00	152.92
7	—	387	140.00–162.50	149.40
4	—	601	122.00	122.00
52	—	522	136.00–157.00	146.33
3	—	892	151.00	151.00
8	—	418	150.00–157.50	152.86
3	—	712	143.00	143.00
44	—	468	140.00–166.00	157.49
25	—	567	121.00–144.00	137.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	379	158.00	158.00
16	—	507	187.00	187.00
13	—	644	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	540	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	301	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	504	161.00	161.00

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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