Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2023-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 500 to 600 lbs. sold steady to 6.00 higher, while steers over 600 lbs. sold mostly 7.00 lower. Heifers 450 to 650 lbs. sold 5.00 to sharply higher, while heifers over 650 lbs. were steady. 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 $259.70/cwt on 1,067 head.

Average price

$259.70

1,067 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

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

$35.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.07

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	593	262.29	1,556	990
Medium and Large 1-2	577	226.41	1,306	77

One grade step is worth $35.89/cwt here — about $250 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 sale1,067 hd

259.70

—

IA average9 barns · 6,421 hd

245.63

+14.07

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

54 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 1Fancy	—	513	256.24/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,315	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,076	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	197.58/cwt	197.00–198.00	1,237	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,224	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	251.49/cwt	237.50–263.00	1,197	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	247.38/cwt	237.50–260.00	1,071	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	279.54/cwt	237.50–300.00	1,465	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	353	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	715	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,466	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	332	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	838	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	655	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,395	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	594	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,015	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	691	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	316	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	916	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	257.74/cwt	252.00–262.50	1,503	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	315.88/cwt	301.00–329.00	1,333	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	249.58/cwt	234.00–262.00	1,572	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	299.72/cwt	294.00–325.00	1,181	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	238.38/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,569	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	213.52/cwt	204.00–222.00	1,653	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,476	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	229.69/cwt	224.00–237.50	1,348	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,964	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	282.04/cwt	265.00–289.75	1,467	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	253.28/cwt	235.00–266.00	1,568	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,502	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	241.39/cwt	215.00–246.00	1,402	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	228.17/cwt	207.50–232.00	1,421	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	216.31/cwt	196.00–226.00	1,482	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	233.67/cwt	220.00–247.50	1,210	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	279.37/cwt	260.00–289.00	1,053	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	218.46/cwt	207.50–231.00	1,370	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	542	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,187	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	436	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	206.95/cwt	203.00–211.00	1,101	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	358	272.96/cwt	265.00–285.00	977	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,638	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	687	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,395	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	595	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	490	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,044	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	308	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	240.64/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,162	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	218.02/cwt	210.00–232.00	1,269	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	264.71/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,490	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	292.07/cwt	280.00–309.00	1,393	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	251.57/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,205	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	222.07/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,366	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	225.85/cwt	222.50–230.00	1,229	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	860	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,522	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	322.79/cwt	309.00–330.00	1,346	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	221.52/cwt	217.00–223.00	1,575	23

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 Dec 4, 2023

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

Receipts 2,325Last week 2,308Year ago 2,001

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	513	252.00–259.00	256.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	230.00	230.00
7	—	626	197.00–198.00	197.58
8	—	576	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	476	237.50–263.00	251.49
37	—	433	237.50–260.00	247.38
13	—	738	203.50	203.50
146	—	581	215.00–246.00	241.39
145	—	623	207.50–232.00	228.17
144	—	685	196.00–226.00	216.31
106	—	518	220.00–247.50	233.67
49	—	377	260.00–289.00	279.37
32	—	890	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	627	207.50–231.00	218.46
6	—	542	219.00	219.00
4	—	436	247.50	247.50
10	—	358	265.00–285.00	272.96
40	—	483	233.00–250.00	240.64
28	—	582	210.00–232.00	218.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	532	203.00–211.00	206.95
5	—	595	197.00	197.00
3	—	490	213.00	213.00
3	—	308	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	524	237.50–300.00	279.54
3	—	353	290.00	290.00
3	—	715	205.00	205.00
4	—	691	226.00	226.00
8	—	316	290.00	290.00
21	—	583	252.00–262.50	257.74
29	—	422	301.00–329.00	315.88
52	—	630	234.00–262.00	249.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	252.50	252.50
3	—	655	213.00	213.00
4	—	594	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	394	257.50	257.50
1	—	697	202.50	202.50
3	—	757	195.00	195.00
7	—	587	224.00–237.50	229.69
14	—	479	245.00–255.00	251.57
11	—	615	220.00–227.50	222.07
9	—	544	222.50–230.00	225.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	394	294.00–325.00	299.72
38	—	658	220.00–250.00	238.38
58	—	774	204.00–222.00	213.52
70	—	855	229.75	229.75
178	—	520	265.00–289.75	282.04
256	—	619	235.00–266.00	253.28
66	—	563	250.00–275.00	264.71
60	—	477	280.00–309.00	292.07
9	—	417	309.00–330.00	322.79
3	—	917	210.00	210.00
23	—	711	217.00–223.00	221.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	687	203.00	203.00
5	—	860	177.00	177.00

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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