Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale & BBQ. No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots. A nice mix of cattle offered this week with more yearling steers than heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $278.88/cwt on 3,642 head.

Average price

$278.88

3,642 head · 711 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,982

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$523

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$65.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.70

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	671	287.23	1,926	2,955
Medium and Large 1-2	495	279.82	1,386	248
Large 1	1,102	222.10	2,449	439

One grade step is worth $65.13/cwt here — about −$523 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 sale3,642 hd

278.88

—

IA average7 barns · 7,856 hd

267.18

+11.70

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

80 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 1Fancy	—	552	322.79/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,782	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	539	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,355	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	243.30/cwt	221.00–247.00	2,212	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	272.34/cwt	251.00–283.00	1,953	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	305.85/cwt	304.00–307.50	1,337	19
Steers	Large 1	—	1,158	215.08/cwt	212.75–218.10	2,491	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,340	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	316.51/cwt	295.00–334.00	1,643	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	310.86/cwt	295.00–327.50	1,486	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	338.43/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,452	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,417	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	270.76/cwt	230.00–285.50	1,446	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	275.80/cwt	266.50–290.00	1,727	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	256.79/cwt	251.00–264.00	2,000	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	683	252.79/cwt	252.00–257.50	1,727	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	327	286.58/cwt	250.00–325.00	937	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	240.35/cwt	240.35–240.35	2,310	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	251.28/cwt	245.60–258.00	2,091	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	438	283.33/cwt	275.00–302.50	1,241	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	479	293.55/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,406	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	276.10/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,715	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	354.30/cwt	342.50–357.00	1,527	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	280.90/cwt	258.00–287.75	1,916	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	297.94/cwt	281.50–315.00	1,713	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	326.30/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,560	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	314.20/cwt	295.00–324.00	1,653	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	339	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,237	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	392	360.27/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,412	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	504	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,179	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	578	264.22/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,527	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	291.11/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,654	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	369	319.21/cwt	302.50–332.50	1,178	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	535	309.46/cwt	293.00–327.00	1,656	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	359	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,239	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	592	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,450	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,208	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,444	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,425	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	240.54/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,840	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	458	298.88/cwt	295.50–305.00	1,369	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	241.08/cwt	223.00–251.00	1,757	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	243.73/cwt	206.00–258.00	1,165	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	245.90/cwt	220.00–265.00	1,065	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	259.98/cwt	252.50–272.50	835	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,262	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,242	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	229.49/cwt	214.00–235.00	2,015	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	313.66/cwt	291.00–319.00	988	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	280.65/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,288	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	225.42/cwt	217.00–232.50	2,101	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	263.47/cwt	251.50–280.00	1,649	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	317	292.25/cwt	276.00–301.00	926	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	376	322.06/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,211	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	237.74/cwt	236.00–241.00	1,362	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	214.97/cwt	207.00–219.00	1,440	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	279.34/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,567	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	262.55/cwt	247.00–269.25	1,777	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	512	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,126	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	266.09/cwt	255.00–283.00	1,277	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	268.22/cwt	253.00–283.00	1,416	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	236.69/cwt	222.50–245.00	1,936	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	300.47/cwt	277.50–312.50	1,304	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	275.56/cwt	257.50–290.00	1,471	52
Steers	Large 1	—	1,018	232.39/cwt	231.10–233.50	2,366	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	403	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,471	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	290.87/cwt	273.00–305.00	1,230	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	637	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,573	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	276.41/cwt	247.50–284.00	1,564	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	420	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,113	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	263.78/cwt	235.00–277.50	1,517	18
Steers	Large 1	—	1,142	218.60/cwt	218.60–218.60	2,496	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	211.69/cwt	211.00–212.00	2,070	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	553	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,313	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,029	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,312	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	249.44/cwt	242.00–258.85	2,168	422
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,203	6

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 Sep 11, 2023

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

Receipts 5,590Last week 1,259Year ago 6,151

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	552	319.00–325.00	322.79
3	—	539	372.50	372.50
89	—	403	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	484	280.00	280.00
19	—	437	304.00–307.50	305.85
3	—	732	230.00	230.00
46	—	534	230.00–285.50	270.76
18	—	575	235.00–277.50	263.78
3	—	332	310.00	310.00
5	—	616	213.00	213.00
6	—	376	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
268	—	909	221.00–247.00	243.30
134	—	717	251.00–283.00	272.34
72	—	333	402.50	402.50
65	—	519	295.00–334.00	316.51
61	—	478	295.00–327.50	310.86
51	—	429	320.00–348.00	338.43
9	—	361	392.50	392.50
159	—	626	266.50–290.00	275.80
156	—	779	251.00–264.00	256.79
60	—	961	240.35	240.35
212	—	832	245.60–258.00	251.28
333	—	682	258.00–287.75	280.90
190	—	575	281.50–315.00	297.94
422	—	869	242.00–258.85	249.44
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
225	—	1,158	212.75–218.10	215.08
169	—	1,018	231.10–233.50	232.39
45	—	1,142	218.60	218.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	683	252.00–257.50	252.79
30	—	621	270.00–285.00	276.10
120	—	431	342.50–357.00	354.30
205	—	478	305.00–340.00	326.30
79	—	526	295.00–324.00	314.20
7	—	339	365.00	365.00
63	—	392	345.00–367.50	360.27
83	—	568	280.00–299.00	291.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	327	250.00–325.00	286.58
37	—	438	275.00–302.50	283.33
31	—	479	250.00–300.00	293.55
4	—	504	234.00	234.00
47	—	578	261.00–275.00	264.22
17	—	369	302.50–332.50	319.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	535	293.00–327.00	309.46
22	—	359	345.00	345.00
61	—	458	295.50–305.00	298.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	765	230.00–245.00	240.54
34	—	729	223.00–251.00	241.08
103	—	387	321.00	321.00
32	—	878	214.00–235.00	229.49
65	—	315	291.00–319.00	313.66
59	—	459	265.00–295.00	280.65
82	—	932	217.00–232.50	225.42
80	—	626	251.50–280.00	263.47
38	—	561	269.00–290.00	279.34
178	—	677	247.00–269.25	262.55
78	—	528	253.00–283.00	268.22
98	—	818	222.50–245.00	236.69
39	—	423	273.00–305.00	290.87
13	—	978	211.00–212.00	211.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	478	206.00–258.00	243.73
37	—	433	220.00–265.00	245.90
10	—	321	252.50–272.50	259.98
5	—	601	210.00	210.00
4	—	505	292.50	292.50
18	—	573	236.00–241.00	237.74
9	—	670	207.00–219.00	214.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	317	276.00–301.00	292.25
77	—	376	300.00–335.00	322.06
67	—	480	255.00–283.00	266.09
164	—	434	277.50–312.50	300.47
52	—	534	257.50–290.00	275.56
10	—	637	247.00	247.00
25	—	566	247.50–284.00	276.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	220.00	220.00
5	—	420	265.00	265.00
6	—	553	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	592	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	249.00	249.00
6	—	443	326.00	326.00
4	—	685	208.00	208.00

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