Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower on a light test this week. Heifers sold with a lower undertone on a light test also. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several unweaned calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $254.25/cwt on 1,464 head.

Average price

$254.25

1,464 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$497

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$46.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.86

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	257.53	1,649	1,274
Medium and Large 1-2	584	232.80	1,361	185
Large 1	1,017	211.00	2,146	5thin

One grade step is worth $46.53/cwt here — about −$497 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 sale1,464 hd

254.25

—

IA average6 barns · 4,421 hd

240.39

+13.86

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

74 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	—	526	261.42/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,375	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,316	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	284.13/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,335	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	534	289.56/cwt	285.00–291.50	1,546	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	398	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,266	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	286.66/cwt	277.00–302.50	1,021	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	241.43/cwt	226.00–252.00	1,750	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	218.90/cwt	212.50–230.00	1,230	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	388	273.63/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,062	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	238.91/cwt	233.00–240.75	1,993	33
Steers	Large 1	—	1,017	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,146	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	238.61/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,229	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	251.78/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,052	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	288.34/cwt	275.00–297.00	1,375	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	584	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,226	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	246.40/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,565	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	273.30/cwt	258.00–282.50	1,574	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	673	206.21/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,388	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	211.52/cwt	211.00–212.50	1,328	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	681	230.13/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,567	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	273.68/cwt	254.00–286.50	1,453	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	245.67/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,187	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	229.12/cwt	208.00–238.00	1,634	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	275.87/cwt	240.00–285.75	1,556	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	707	212.82/cwt	207.50–215.00	1,505	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	485	248.62/cwt	232.50–260.00	1,206	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	409	242.90/cwt	237.50–250.00	993	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	536	239.98/cwt	222.00–250.00	1,286	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	292.72/cwt	277.50–302.50	1,253	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	237.81/cwt	225.00–256.00	1,489	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	316	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	502	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,290	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,297	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,222	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,307	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	820	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	395	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	896	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,631	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,559	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	242.86/cwt	228.00–256.00	1,156	43
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,024	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,935	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,425	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	235.18/cwt	220.00–248.00	1,359	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	517	202.95/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,049	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	419	231.80/cwt	210.00–238.00	971	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	201.65/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,061	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	220.26/cwt	200.00–230.00	943	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,430	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,227	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	366	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	878	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	692	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,315	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	238.41/cwt	234.00–257.00	1,240	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	224.13/cwt	205.00–230.75	1,423	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	233.81/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,232	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	585	214.34/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,254	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	269.02/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,138	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	220.80/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,393	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	264.63/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,096	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	194.30/cwt	192.00–196.00	1,766	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	259.20/cwt	247.50–271.00	1,242	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	717	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,195	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	231.87/cwt	228.75–234.00	2,024	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	379	267.86/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,015	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	559	239.41/cwt	224.00–251.00	1,338	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	458	315.50/cwt	315.00–316.00	1,445	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	615	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,642	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	233.04/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,766	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	240.60/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,600	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	687	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,415	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	466	223.63/cwt	205.00–237.00	1,042	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,143	60

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 Nov 13, 2023

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

Receipts 2,770Last week 4,566Year ago 3,054

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	526	250.00–277.50	261.42
3	—	428	307.50	307.50
18	—	470	270.00–295.00	284.13
8	—	356	277.00–302.50	286.66
65	—	725	226.00–252.00	241.43
33	—	834	233.00–240.75	238.91
161	—	635	230.00–260.00	246.40
68	—	576	258.00–282.50	273.30
38	—	969	226.50	226.50
109	—	873	228.75–234.00	231.87
40	—	758	225.00–241.00	233.04
56	—	665	230.00–243.00	240.60
60	—	906	236.50	236.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	534	285.00–291.50	289.56
16	—	398	318.00	318.00
14	—	458	315.00–316.00	315.50
13	—	615	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	562	212.50–230.00	218.90
20	—	515	235.00–245.00	238.61
9	—	418	250.00–255.00	251.78
11	—	628	211.00–212.50	211.52
7	—	483	240.00–250.00	245.67
54	—	713	208.00–238.00	229.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	388	270.00–277.00	273.63
39	—	477	275.00–297.00	288.34
31	—	681	220.00–234.00	230.13
86	—	531	254.00–286.50	273.68
180	—	564	240.00–285.75	275.87
14	—	707	207.50–215.00	212.82
38	—	428	277.50–302.50	292.72
59	—	626	225.00–256.00	237.81
4	—	316	300.00	300.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,017	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	584	210.00	210.00
10	—	673	205.00–207.00	206.21
14	—	485	232.50–260.00	248.62
7	—	409	237.50–250.00	242.90
38	—	536	222.00–250.00	239.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	502	257.00	257.00
16	—	460	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	755	212.00	212.00
3	—	335	267.50	267.50
10	—	828	197.00	197.00
22	—	725	215.00	215.00
43	—	476	228.00–256.00	242.86
10	—	666	214.00	214.00
77	—	578	220.00–248.00	235.18
75	—	520	234.00–257.00	238.41
63	—	635	205.00–230.75	224.13
12	—	414	250.00–272.50	264.63
7	—	909	192.00–196.00	194.30
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,024	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	517	200.00–207.50	202.95
25	—	419	210.00–238.00	231.80
7	—	366	240.00	240.00
3	—	692	190.00	190.00
19	—	585	200.00–218.00	214.34
32	—	466	205.00–237.00	223.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	526	200.00–207.50	201.65
21	—	428	200.00–230.00	220.26
4	—	836	171.00	171.00
3	—	623	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	527	220.00–240.00	233.81
33	—	423	260.00–273.00	269.02
21	—	631	215.00–225.00	220.80
55	—	479	247.50–271.00	259.20
3	—	717	227.00	227.00
47	—	379	250.00–277.00	267.86
146	—	559	224.00–251.00	239.41
3	—	687	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	679	180.00	180.00
4	—	615	212.50	212.50
4	—	343	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	250.00	250.00

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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