Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. Trade was active. Several load lots today of quality cattle. Steers were mixed with 500 - 550 pound steers 7.25 higher and 700 to 750 pound steers were 7.30 lower. Heifers were also mixed with 550 to 600 pound heifers 5.40 lower and 600 to 650 pound heifers were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.65/cwt on 1,725 head.

Average price

$186.65

1,725 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,127

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$448

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$41.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.88

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	610	190.18	1,161	1,446
Medium and Large 1-2	561	168.72	947	274
Large 1	1,080	149.00	1,609	5thin

One grade step is worth $41.18/cwt here — about −$448 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 sale1,725 hd

186.65

—

IA average10 barns · 8,939 hd

185.77

+0.88

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

47 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	—	523	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	873	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	746	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	962	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,110	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,587	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,026	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,493	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,238	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,082	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	518	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	756	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	178.83/cwt	176.00–185.50	1,125	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	209.59/cwt	200.00–221.00	813	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	387	237.57/cwt	237.00–238.00	919	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	161.66/cwt	151.00–165.00	993	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	171.98/cwt	153.00–176.50	1,314	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	937	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	176.00/cwt	173.50–177.50	1,176	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	142.96/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,162	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	214.69/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,011	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	173.15/cwt	155.00–180.50	1,236	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	172.72/cwt	159.00–184.00	921	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	999	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,510	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	192.79/cwt	180.00–206.00	1,112	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,052	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	222.87/cwt	210.00–238.00	958	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	185.60/cwt	170.00–195.50	1,164	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,079	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	199.60/cwt	187.00–215.00	1,058	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	180.10/cwt	174.00–186.75	1,210	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	184.29/cwt	172.00–191.00	789	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	169.61/cwt	159.00–176.00	979	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	158.68/cwt	143.50–164.25	982	155
Steers	Large 1	—	1,080	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	837	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,214	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	209.73/cwt	203.00–213.00	1,103	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	142.36/cwt	138.00–147.00	740	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	186.51/cwt	171.00–190.00	908	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	172.54/cwt	164.00–186.00	830	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	166.95/cwt	151.50–171.85	1,134	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	202.66/cwt	197.50–206.00	752	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	661	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,008	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	144.04/cwt	130.00–152.00	586	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	163.08/cwt	151.00–167.75	855	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	140.05/cwt	134.00–143.00	795	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	796	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	154.37/cwt	140.00–159.00	750	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	159.49/cwt	143.00–165.00	914	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	156.15/cwt	153.00–165.00	1,140	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	163.23/cwt	145.00–170.50	842	244

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 Nov 21, 2022

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

Receipts 2,920Last week 3,054Year ago 3,219

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	167.00	167.00
4	—	746	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,110	143.00	143.00
12	—	1,026	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	809	153.00	153.00
59	—	428	172.00–191.00	184.29
155	—	619	143.50–164.25	158.68
85	—	481	164.00–186.00	172.54
119	—	679	151.50–171.85	166.95
28	—	371	197.50–206.00	202.66
168	—	573	143.00–165.00	159.49
40	—	730	153.00–165.00	156.15
244	—	516	145.00–170.50	163.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	820	132.00	132.00
25	—	520	138.00–147.00	142.36
11	—	407	130.00–152.00	144.04
12	—	568	134.00–143.00	140.05
6	—	610	130.00–131.00	130.50
34	—	486	140.00–159.00	154.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	661	152.50	152.50
38	—	524	151.00–167.75	163.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	518	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	629	176.00–185.50	178.83
3	—	568	165.00	165.00
19	—	668	173.50–177.50	176.00
3	—	837	145.00	145.00
79	—	526	203.00–213.00	209.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	388	200.00–221.00	209.59
96	—	764	153.00–176.50	171.98
8	—	813	138.00–148.00	142.96
45	—	471	200.00–225.00	214.69
137	—	714	155.00–180.50	173.15
58	—	864	174.75	174.75
239	—	577	180.00–206.00	192.79
80	—	430	210.00–238.00	222.87
213	—	627	170.00–195.50	185.60
216	—	530	187.00–215.00	199.60
152	—	672	174.00–186.75	180.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	387	237.00–238.00	237.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	614	151.00–165.00	161.66
138	—	533	159.00–184.00	172.72
4	—	694	144.00	144.00
5	—	706	149.00	149.00
9	—	782	138.00	138.00
21	—	577	159.00–176.00	169.61
30	—	487	171.00–190.00	186.51
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,080	149.00	149.00

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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