Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $259.65/cwt on 530 head.

Average price

$259.65

530 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$54

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

$44.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.16

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	607	260.32	1,581	522
Medium and Large 1-2	757	216.00	1,635	8thin

One grade step is worth $44.32/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale530 hd

259.65

—

IA average7 barns · 3,475 hd

241.49

+18.16

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

26 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	250.80/cwt	241.00–253.50	1,663	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	551	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,433	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,213	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	297.73/cwt	278.00–303.25	1,745	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	279.75/cwt	277.00–285.50	1,771	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	296.21/cwt	280.00–309.50	1,558	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,062	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	971	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,150	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	259.16/cwt	251.00–275.50	1,739	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	262.47/cwt	255.50–267.75	1,622	179
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	881	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	268.71/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,395	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	275.97/cwt	256.00–281.00	1,300	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	243.11/cwt	220.00–247.25	1,848	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	257.44/cwt	252.00–266.00	1,866	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	853	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	255.79/cwt	242.00–256.85	2,123	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,443	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	504	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,628	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	266.60/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,514	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	258.17/cwt	252.50–258.50	2,027	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,635	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	257.95/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,494	38

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 Aug 7, 2023

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

Receipts 1,259Last week 1,481Year ago 1,830

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	663	241.00–253.50	250.80
3	—	350	277.50	277.50
12	—	426	270.00	270.00
179	—	618	255.50–267.75	262.47
63	—	519	250.00–277.00	268.71
84	—	471	256.00–281.00	275.97
122	—	760	220.00–247.25	243.11
38	—	579	250.00–265.00	257.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	577	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	757	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	345	285.00	285.00
4	—	441	275.00	275.00
21	—	568	260.00–270.00	266.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	551	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	586	278.00–303.25	297.73
51	—	633	277.00–285.50	279.75
64	—	526	280.00–309.50	296.21
7	—	859	240.00	240.00
28	—	460	300.00	300.00
28	—	671	251.00–275.50	259.16
48	—	725	252.00–266.00	257.44
70	—	830	242.00–256.85	255.79
69	—	785	252.50–258.50	258.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	853	215.50	215.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	504	323.00	323.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	881	182.50	182.50

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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