Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cattle Sale. Several load lots today. Many recently weaned calves. Compared to a week ago, steers under 650 pounds sold steady to 3.00 lower, while steers over 650 pounds sold mostly higher. Heifers under 500 pounds sold lower, while heifers over 500 pounds sold mostly higher, compared to last weeks light test . Demand was good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots with good quality cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $257.39/cwt on 1,200 head.

Average price

$257.39

1,200 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$344

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

$33.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.45

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	625	259.55	1,622	1,123
Medium and Large 1-2	566	225.90	1,278	77

One grade step is worth $33.65/cwt here — about $344 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 sale1,200 hd

257.39

—

IA average5 barns · 3,342 hd

258.84

−1.45

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

52 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	613	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,385	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	489	246.89/cwt	234.00–262.00	1,207	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	711	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,443	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,420	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,039	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	232.72/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,150	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	309.24/cwt	286.00–314.00	1,494	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	250.18/cwt	227.50–260.50	1,571	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	785	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	700	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,414	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	413	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,125	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	684	229.67/cwt	227.50–232.50	1,571	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,030	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	304	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	783	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	510	305.03/cwt	296.00–309.50	1,556	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	388	301.84/cwt	299.00–305.00	1,171	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	207.73/cwt	200.00–212.50	1,199	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	255.33/cwt	255.00–255.50	1,483	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,523	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,357	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	539	247.95/cwt	227.50–260.00	1,336	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	641	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,211	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	248.11/cwt	228.00–256.00	1,685	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	234.20/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,806	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	506	244.32/cwt	220.00–249.00	1,236	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,082	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,151	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,641	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	240.84/cwt	219.00–247.00	1,286	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	204.43/cwt	204.00–207.00	1,558	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	217.76/cwt	202.00–226.50	1,472	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	222.40/cwt	208.00–224.50	1,410	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	379	263.53/cwt	259.00–267.00	999	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	201.61/cwt	198.00–205.00	1,254	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	238.57/cwt	236.00–239.00	1,004	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	236.00/cwt	214.00–245.00	1,364	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	186.18/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,165	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,254	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	259.21/cwt	251.50–272.50	1,488	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	284.26/cwt	277.50–297.50	1,254	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	267.37/cwt	265.00–270.00	989	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	857	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	450	242.44/cwt	223.00–246.00	1,091	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	429	246.27/cwt	225.00–251.00	1,056	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	203.87/cwt	195.00–213.00	1,364	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	283.01/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,503	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	204.58/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,090	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	226.68/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,274	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	233.01/cwt	225.50–239.50	1,720	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	260.06/cwt	244.00–264.00	1,657	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,382	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,095	5

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 27, 2023

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

Receipts 2,308Last week 2,134Year ago 3,500

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	613	226.00	226.00
13	—	489	234.00–262.00	246.89
4	—	711	203.00	203.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,039	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	494	230.00–244.00	232.72
20	—	850	193.00	193.00
39	—	534	219.00–247.00	240.84
21	—	762	204.00–207.00	204.43
221	—	676	202.00–226.50	217.76
81	—	634	208.00–224.50	222.40
63	—	421	236.00–239.00	238.57
100	—	578	214.00–245.00	236.00
20	—	370	265.00–270.00	267.37
4	—	309	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	506	220.00–249.00	244.32
18	—	379	259.00–267.00	263.53
8	—	622	198.00–205.00	201.61
26	—	450	223.00–246.00	242.44
24	—	429	225.00–251.00	246.27
55	—	562	225.00–228.00	226.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	583	197.50	197.50
13	—	626	185.00–190.00	186.18
9	—	653	192.00	192.00
15	—	533	200.00–210.00	204.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	483	286.00–314.00	309.24
55	—	628	227.50–260.50	250.18
2	—	413	272.50	272.50
7	—	684	227.50–232.50	229.67
34	—	510	296.00–309.50	305.03
21	—	388	299.00–305.00	301.84
24	—	581	255.00–255.50	255.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	785	203.00	203.00
4	—	700	202.00	202.00
4	—	304	257.50	257.50
21	—	539	227.50–260.00	247.95
4	—	641	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	400	257.50	257.50
15	—	577	200.00–212.50	207.73
8	—	669	195.00–213.00	203.87
8	—	614	225.00	225.00
5	—	476	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	806	189.00	189.00
4	—	489	277.50	277.50
299	—	679	228.00–256.00	248.11
140	—	771	229.00–240.00	234.20
9	—	349	310.00	310.00
70	—	574	251.50–272.50	259.21
60	—	441	277.50–297.50	284.26
158	—	531	270.00–295.00	283.01
93	—	738	225.50–239.50	233.01
91	—	637	244.00–264.00	260.06

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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