Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher, while 700 to 750 lbs. steers were 5.00 lower. Heifers 550 to 650 lbs. sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower, while 700 to 750 lbs. heifers were 7.00 higher. Supply was moderate today which included a few load lots of heifers. Demand was good to very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $210.69/cwt on 1,137 head.

Average price

$210.69

1,137 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$102.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.39

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	212.76	1,280	1,068
Medium and Large 1-2	494	181.78	898	66
Large 1	1,107	110.00	1,218	3thin

One grade step is worth $102.76/cwt here — about $62 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 sale1,137 hd

210.69

—

IA average6 barns · 4,095 hd

214.08

−3.39

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

55 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	—	671	226.83/cwt	207.00–235.00	1,522	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	417	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	788	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	202.69/cwt	187.00–206.00	1,672	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,675	14
Steers	Large 1	—	1,066	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	174.96/cwt	160.00–221.00	1,106	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	258.43/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,370	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	597	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,445	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	194.55/cwt	191.00–197.00	1,490	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	256.53/cwt	235.00–264.00	1,447	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	238.73/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,533	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	264.53/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,143	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	213.80/cwt	182.00–231.00	1,221	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	535	243.39/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,302	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	495	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,332	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	393	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,061	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	267.07/cwt	250.00–277.50	961	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	278.33/cwt	267.50–290.00	899	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	267.20/cwt	251.00–278.00	1,272	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	214.22/cwt	198.00–225.50	1,551	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	446	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,177	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	180.03/cwt	177.50–182.50	1,149	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	945	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	403	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	826	5
Bulls	Large 1	—	1,278	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,751	21
Bulls	Large 1	—	1,047	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,355	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	231.54/cwt	219.00–242.50	1,211	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	144.24/cwt	141.00–146.00	851	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	338	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	642	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,007	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,107	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	194.34/cwt	192.00–199.00	1,300	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	162.21/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,525	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	214.80/cwt	200.00–223.50	1,259	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,539	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	236.67/cwt	222.00–249.00	982	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	208.57/cwt	203.00–212.00	1,091	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	234.22/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,124	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	205.71/cwt	199.00–211.50	1,302	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	176.92/cwt	166.00–183.00	1,430	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	258.03/cwt	247.50–264.00	1,019	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	367	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	929	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	351	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	667	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	248.76/cwt	235.00–260.00	813	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	508	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,240	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	193.85/cwt	183.00–196.00	1,386	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	216.86/cwt	200.00–222.50	1,126	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	197.04/cwt	177.50–212.50	936	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	692	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,443	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	604	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,528	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,119	12

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 Apr 10, 2023

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

Receipts 2,380Last week 3,094Year ago 5,100

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	671	207.00–235.00	226.83
113	—	825	187.00–206.00	202.69
14	—	877	191.00	191.00
112	—	530	250.00–266.00	258.43
12	—	766	191.00–197.00	194.55
154	—	564	235.00–264.00	256.53
113	—	642	236.00–243.00	238.73
5	—	934	181.00	181.00
28	—	432	260.00–275.00	264.53
14	—	360	250.00–277.50	267.07
8	—	323	267.50–290.00	278.33
63	—	476	251.00–278.00	267.20
132	—	724	198.00–225.50	214.22
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,066	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	632	160.00–221.00	174.96
21	—	571	182.00–231.00	213.80
17	—	519	200.00–222.50	216.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	597	242.00	242.00
11	—	535	230.00–248.00	243.39
9	—	495	269.00	269.00
4	—	393	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	692	208.50	208.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	604	253.00	253.00
6	—	553	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	417	189.00	189.00
6	—	338	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	446	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	783	173.00	173.00
132	—	523	219.00–242.50	231.54
58	—	669	192.00–199.00	194.34
9	—	940	160.00–164.00	162.21
234	—	586	200.00–223.50	214.80
6	—	956	161.00	161.00
49	—	415	222.00–249.00	236.67
113	—	480	220.00–250.00	234.22
185	—	633	199.00–211.50	205.71
77	—	808	166.00–183.00	176.92
11	—	395	247.50–264.00	258.03
7	—	327	235.00–260.00	248.76
140	—	715	183.00–196.00	193.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	590	141.00–146.00	144.24
5	—	676	149.00	149.00
10	—	523	203.00–212.00	208.57
4	—	351	190.00	190.00
18	—	475	177.50–212.50	197.04
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	253.00	253.00
8	—	435	240.00	240.00
6	—	508	244.00	244.00
12	—	491	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	638	177.50–182.50	180.03
4	—	411	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	403	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,278	137.00	137.00
3	—	1,047	154.00	154.00

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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