Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2019-06-24

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jun 24
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
← earliestJun 24Jul 15 →
Receipts
1,350 head
▲ 1,350 vs last sale 0▲ 1,350 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this sale has not been reported for some time. Trade was active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.87/cwt on 633 head.
Average price
$146.87
633 head · 647 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$271
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.30
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2478149.2171470
Large 1580149.0786531
Medium and Large 1673146.44985532
One grade step is worth $2.78/cwt here — about −$271 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 sale633 hd
146.87
—
IA average5 barns · 1,500 hd
133.57
+13.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327160.00/cwt160.00–160.0052310
Steers—Medium and Large 1339174.00/cwt174.00–174.005905
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387157.00/cwt157.00–157.0060810
Steers—Medium and Large 1412165.01/cwt160.00–170.0068023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2446150.00/cwt150.00–150.0066919
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy471172.81/cwt172.00–174.0081412
Steers—Medium and Large 1478155.48/cwt152.00–164.0074315
Steers—Large 1529152.34/cwt152.00–153.0080615
Steers—Medium and Large 1532171.08/cwt168.00–174.0091059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539149.11/cwt147.00–154.0080421
Steers—Medium and Large 1570149.42/cwt140.00–156.5085240
Steers—Medium and Large 1621152.10/cwt145.00–155.00945103
Steers—Large 1628146.00/cwt146.00–146.0091716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630132.95/cwt131.00–135.008386
Steers—Medium and Large 1676140.00/cwt136.00–143.0094644
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2691124.00/cwt124.00–124.008574
Steers—Medium and Large 1723137.33/cwt134.50–141.0099345
Steers—Medium and Large 1769133.36/cwt130.00–138.001,02623
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy826134.93/cwt133.00–136.851,115146
Steers—Medium and Large 1887117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,03817
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315137.40/cwt133.00–139.004334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324152.68/cwt152.00–153.004959
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375138.00/cwt138.00–138.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386150.39/cwt147.00–154.0058119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415139.73/cwt139.00–140.0058011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427137.18/cwt130.00–144.0058618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472145.10/cwt137.00–149.0068546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493134.93/cwt134.00–136.0066514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524142.75/cwt134.50–149.00748120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566136.88/cwt131.00–144.0077545
Heifers—Large 1584129.50/cwt129.50–129.5075613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614131.88/cwt126.00–136.7581081
Heifers—Large 1672115.00/cwt115.00–115.007733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680128.11/cwt121.00–130.2587154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716123.36/cwt122.00–128.5088314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757116.50/cwt116.50–116.5088212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1804112.31/cwt111.00–114.0090313
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned442157.00/cwt157.00–157.0069411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned501145.75/cwt145.75–145.7573027
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522141.96/cwt126.00–150.007416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1597138.00/cwt138.00–138.008243
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned638137.00/cwt137.00–137.0087416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675136.00/cwt136.00–136.009181

This sale against other markets

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.