Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2022-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. Moderate offering of quality cattle today. Compared to a week ago steers under 650 pounds were all lower, while those over 650 pounds were higher. Steers 600 to 650 pounds were 14.10 lower, while 650 to 700 pound steers were 12.70 higher. Heifer prices were all lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.53/cwt on 505 head.

Average price

$188.53

505 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

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

$32.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.08

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	599	191.33	1,145	461
Medium and Large 1-2	512	159.18	815	44

One grade step is worth $32.15/cwt here — about $331 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 sale505 hd

188.53

—

IA average11 barns · 9,676 hd

188.45

+0.08

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

48 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 1Unweaned	—	510	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	806	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	593	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	771	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	671	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	956	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	711	141.95/cwt	124.00–150.00	1,009	18
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,076	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,323	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	855	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,197	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	390	209.59/cwt	205.00–214.00	817	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	184.30/cwt	180.00–186.50	1,154	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	699	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,049	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	374	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	568	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	188.59/cwt	179.50–190.75	1,248	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	184.34/cwt	172.50–190.00	1,051	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	179.74/cwt	169.50–181.50	1,513	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	199.31/cwt	193.50–210.00	955	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	188.11/cwt	180.00–191.75	1,168	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	218.78/cwt	212.50–230.00	726	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	454	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,022	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	755	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	150.97/cwt	147.00–155.00	770	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,200	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	192.37/cwt	182.00–201.50	998	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	164.88/cwt	157.00–172.50	801	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	162.76/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,208	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	942	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	384	166.54/cwt	160.00–172.00	640	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	187.75/cwt	187.75–187.75	1,365	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	646	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	206.97/cwt	192.00–216.00	880	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	922	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,242	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	168.84/cwt	151.00–178.00	893	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	144.16/cwt	142.50–148.00	969	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	156.49/cwt	151.00–159.50	817	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	141.99/cwt	140.00–144.00	754	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,276	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	170.40/cwt	166.00–172.00	746	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	974	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	176.78/cwt	170.00–180.50	647	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	158.68/cwt	158.50–158.75	1,293	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	168.11/cwt	152.00–175.25	973	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	176.09/cwt	159.00–183.50	828	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	164.90/cwt	146.00–169.00	1,021	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	655	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	516	13

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 Dec 12, 2022

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

Receipts 1,169Last week 2,001Year ago 4,312

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	510	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	145.00	145.00
3	—	593	130.00	130.00
5	—	671	142.50	142.50
18	—	711	124.00–150.00	141.95
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,076	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	742	161.00–163.00	162.76
4	—	340	190.00	190.00
3	—	920	135.00	135.00
26	—	529	151.00–178.00	168.84
10	—	672	142.50–148.00	144.16
5	—	859	148.50	148.50
19	—	438	166.00–172.00	170.40
16	—	366	170.00–180.50	176.78
29	—	815	158.50–158.75	158.68
59	—	579	152.00–175.25	168.11
66	—	470	159.00–183.50	176.09
79	—	619	146.00–169.00	164.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	571	165.00	165.00
9	—	384	160.00–172.00	166.54
22	—	522	151.00–159.50	156.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	768	120.00	120.00
12	—	531	140.00–144.00	141.99
4	—	711	137.00	137.00
5	—	368	140.00	140.00
9	—	452	145.00	145.00
13	—	313	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	855	140.00	140.00
6	—	390	205.00–214.00	209.59
33	—	626	180.00–186.50	184.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	699	150.00	150.00
8	—	374	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	662	179.50–190.75	188.59
27	—	570	172.50–190.00	184.34
34	—	842	169.50–181.50	179.74
53	—	479	193.50–210.00	199.31
90	—	621	180.00–191.75	188.11
11	—	332	212.50–230.00	218.78
47	—	519	182.00–201.50	192.37
22	—	727	187.75	187.75
27	—	425	192.00–216.00	206.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	454	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	422	179.00	179.00
8	—	510	147.00–155.00	150.97
3	—	680	152.00	152.00
3	—	800	150.00	150.00
8	—	486	157.00–172.50	164.88
3	—	365	177.00	177.00

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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