Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the the sale a week ago, steers sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers 550 to 650 lbs. sold steady to 7.00 lower. Some of the cattle exhibited a moderate amount of mud due to the recent thawing. Moderate offering that included several load lots of reputation cattle. Demand was good to very good today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $213.88/cwt on 1,222 head.

Average price

$213.88

1,222 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$19.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.42

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	215.34	1,435	1,129
Medium and Large 1-2	577	196.13	1,132	93

One grade step is worth $19.22/cwt here — about $302 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 sale1,222 hd

213.88

—

IA average10 barns · 7,848 hd

202.47

+11.42

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

40 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	—	580	233.59/cwt	217.00–240.00	1,355	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	195.73/cwt	182.00–204.00	1,415	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	216.37/cwt	201.00–221.00	1,432	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,522	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,315	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,223	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	151.00/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,359	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,273	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	221.51/cwt	219.50–225.00	806	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	194.75/cwt	194.75–194.75	1,614	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	249.23/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,289	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	455	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,065	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	248.76/cwt	231.00–259.50	1,055	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,260	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,093	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	508	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	935	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,107	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	248.33/cwt	232.00–260.00	1,177	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	196.98/cwt	190.25–201.00	1,529	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	208.26/cwt	187.50–219.00	1,079	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,264	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	174.27/cwt	170.00–177.50	620	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	238.39/cwt	222.50–242.50	1,151	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	225.15/cwt	217.00–234.00	1,418	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,222	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	192.71/cwt	179.00–202.75	1,110	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	174.58/cwt	172.00–175.50	1,290	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	181.30/cwt	172.00–183.25	1,222	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	188.13/cwt	171.00–209.00	905	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	205.91/cwt	195.00–227.00	902	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	190.15/cwt	187.00–191.50	970	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	147.31/cwt	140.00–157.50	841	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	161.50/cwt	155.00–180.00	517	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	187.27/cwt	180.00–190.25	1,169	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	212.05/cwt	200.00–224.00	878	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	224.66/cwt	203.00–231.00	1,175	74

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 Mar 6, 2023

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

Receipts 2,358Last week 1,852Year ago 3,680

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	580	217.00–240.00	233.59
160	—	723	182.00–204.00	195.73
228	—	662	201.00–221.00	216.37
3	—	928	164.00	164.00
37	—	829	194.75	194.75
72	—	517	241.00–260.00	249.23
26	—	424	231.00–259.50	248.76
36	—	474	232.00–260.00	248.33
263	—	776	190.25–201.00	196.98
143	—	630	217.00–234.00	225.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	745	176.50	176.50
7	—	663	190.00	190.00
9	—	497	220.00	220.00
19	—	589	188.00	188.00
9	—	518	187.50–219.00	208.26
16	—	648	195.00	195.00
4	—	831	147.00	147.00
22	—	438	195.00–227.00	205.91
4	—	789	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	561	218.00	218.00
5	—	455	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	950	154.00	154.00
5	—	846	161.50	161.50
6	—	900	148.00–154.00	151.00
10	—	762	167.00	167.00
14	—	364	219.50–225.00	221.51
61	—	483	222.50–242.50	238.39
99	—	576	179.00–202.75	192.71
151	—	739	172.00–175.50	174.58
75	—	674	172.00–183.25	181.30
164	—	624	180.00–190.25	187.27
68	—	414	200.00–224.00	212.05
74	—	523	203.00–231.00	224.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	508	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	356	170.00–177.50	174.27
25	—	481	171.00–209.00	188.13
44	—	510	187.00–191.50	190.15
17	—	571	140.00–157.50	147.31
12	—	320	155.00–180.00	161.50

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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