Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 800 lbs. mostly sold with a lower undertone and heavier weights sold 9.00 to 11.00 lower. Heifers under 650 lbs. sold mostly higher, while heifers over 650 lbs. sold lower with a lighter test compared to two weeks ago. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation yearling cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $263.45/cwt on 2,313 head.

Average price

$263.45

2,313 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$558

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$37.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.13

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	266.05	1,784	2,057
Medium and Large 1-2	532	251.42	1,336	156
Large 1	1,024	228.74	2,342	100

One grade step is worth $37.31/cwt here — about −$558 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 sale2,313 hd

263.45

—

IA average7 barns · 4,971 hd

251.32

+12.13

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

79 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 1-2	—	591	245.64/cwt	231.00–252.50	1,452	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	512	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,587	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	241.37/cwt	220.00–262.50	1,265	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	299.91/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,131	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	266.43/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,292	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	241.66/cwt	238.50–243.10	2,223	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	346.55/cwt	328.00–352.50	1,303	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	247.08/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,638	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	287.37/cwt	272.50–294.50	1,506	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	320.00/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,414	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	241.65/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,474	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	278.02/cwt	261.00–286.75	1,629	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	254.77/cwt	238.50–257.00	1,804	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	322	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	698	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	276.99/cwt	259.00–286.50	1,582	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	248.24/cwt	231.00–254.50	2,023	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	316	333.01/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,052	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	281.36/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,486	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	484	271.64/cwt	249.00–283.00	1,315	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	384	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,167	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	307.10/cwt	297.50–320.00	1,456	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	235.07/cwt	221.50–244.75	2,071	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	388	332.44/cwt	328.00–339.00	1,290	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	775	219.84/cwt	219.50–222.00	1,704	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	257.66/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,579	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	421	295.10/cwt	284.00–298.00	1,242	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	701	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,584	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	515	232.63/cwt	218.00–260.00	1,198	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	239.08/cwt	234.00–241.00	1,571	26
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,015	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,776	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	956	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	517	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,261	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	625	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,306	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	554	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,330	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	488	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	211.39/cwt	200.00–218.00	998	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	233.81/cwt	220.00–242.00	998	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	193.49/cwt	185.00–194.00	1,767	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	240.64/cwt	235.00–245.00	821	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	208.60/cwt	192.50–210.00	1,556	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	227.97/cwt	209.00–231.75	1,908	434
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	275.43/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,160	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	233.87/cwt	229.75–236.10	1,805	296
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	239.28/cwt	222.00–244.75	1,732	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	212.94/cwt	186.00–224.00	1,244	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	248.97/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,461	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	203.93/cwt	182.00–222.50	1,048	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	254.20/cwt	232.50–261.50	1,317	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	250.80/cwt	242.50–257.00	1,226	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	223.75/cwt	223.75–223.75	1,913	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	376	247.43/cwt	245.00–250.00	930	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	180.37/cwt	180.00–180.50	1,737	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	235.47/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,596	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	253.67/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,339	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	464	255.91/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,187	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	288.24/cwt	276.00–299.00	1,075	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	280.51/cwt	272.50–283.00	1,209	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	244.72/cwt	223.00–251.50	1,520	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	638	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,250	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	413	224.41/cwt	218.00–236.00	927	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	232.88/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,327	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	213.97/cwt	208.00–220.00	1,410	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	757	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	452	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,464	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	207.07/cwt	189.00–222.00	1,102	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	228.99/cwt	224.00–231.50	1,404	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	273.51/cwt	252.00–285.50	1,679	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	318	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	890	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	304.13/cwt	281.00–317.50	1,466	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,580	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	249.16/cwt	239.00–252.50	1,948	218
Steers	Large 1	—	1,024	228.74/cwt	227.75–229.75	2,342	100

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 Oct 30, 2023

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

Receipts 4,566Last week 2,235Year ago 3,248

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	591	231.00–252.50	245.64
20	—	524	220.00–262.50	241.37
14	—	377	295.00–310.00	299.91
21	—	485	245.00–270.00	266.43
5	—	726	220.00	220.00
9	—	610	240.00–245.00	241.65
7	—	756	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	512	310.00	310.00
14	—	452	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	920	238.50–243.10	241.66
25	—	376	328.00–352.50	346.55
29	—	663	244.00–250.00	247.08
50	—	524	272.50–294.50	287.37
34	—	442	300.00–330.00	320.00
218	—	586	261.00–286.75	278.02
148	—	708	238.50–257.00	254.77
254	—	815	231.00–254.50	248.24
185	—	881	221.50–244.75	235.07
169	—	614	252.00–285.50	273.51
88	—	482	281.00–317.50	304.13
218	—	782	239.00–252.50	249.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	560	220.00	220.00
3	—	322	260.00	260.00
4	—	698	210.00	210.00
7	—	445	275.00	275.00
9	—	484	249.00–283.00	271.64
4	—	384	304.00	304.00
18	—	515	218.00–260.00	232.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	571	259.00–286.50	276.99
11	—	316	320.00–340.00	333.01
73	—	528	270.00–296.00	281.36
55	—	474	297.50–320.00	307.10
27	—	388	328.00–339.00	332.44
45	—	775	219.50–222.00	219.84
65	—	613	250.00–261.00	257.66
20	—	421	284.00–298.00	295.10
8	—	701	226.00	226.00
26	—	657	234.00–241.00	239.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	218.00	218.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,024	227.75–229.75	228.74
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,015	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	472	200.00–218.00	211.39
10	—	427	220.00–242.00	233.81
53	—	913	185.00–194.00	193.49
9	—	341	235.00–245.00	240.64
36	—	746	192.50–210.00	208.60
11	—	584	186.00–224.00	212.94
14	—	514	182.00–222.50	203.93
19	—	963	180.00–180.50	180.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
434	—	837	209.00–231.75	227.97
47	—	421	267.50–280.00	275.43
296	—	772	229.75–236.10	233.87
116	—	724	222.00–244.75	239.28
99	—	587	240.00–256.00	248.97
84	—	518	232.50–261.50	254.20
75	—	489	242.50–257.00	250.80
3	—	933	205.00	205.00
65	—	855	223.75	223.75
93	—	678	232.00–238.00	235.47
85	—	621	223.00–251.50	244.72
4	—	361	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	376	245.00–250.00	247.43
4	—	638	196.00	196.00
14	—	413	218.00–236.00	224.41
16	—	532	189.00–222.00	207.07
8	—	570	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	528	235.00–260.00	253.67
66	—	464	240.00–270.00	255.91
42	—	373	276.00–299.00	288.24
41	—	431	272.50–283.00	280.51
32	—	570	227.00–235.00	232.88
6	—	659	208.00–220.00	213.97
61	—	613	224.00–231.50	228.99
8	—	318	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	244.00	244.00
5	—	625	209.00	209.00
4	—	554	240.00	240.00
3	—	488	260.00	260.00

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