Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2019-08-05

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Aug 5
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
1,116 head
▼ 294 vs last sale 1,410▲ 1,116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this sale was last reported three weeks ago (July 15). 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 $149.31/cwt on 755 head.
Average price
$149.31
755 head · 757 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,131
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$119
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1
$3.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.08
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1670152.581,02216thin
Medium and Large 1-2613150.3792228
Medium and Large 1765149.191,141711
One grade step is worth $3.39/cwt here — about −$119 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 sale755 hd
149.31
—
IA average6 barns · 4,383 hd
143.23
+6.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1367170.20/cwt159.00–176.006258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423163.68/cwt161.00–168.0069212
Steers—Medium and Large 1528159.04/cwt156.00–161.0084028
Steers—Medium and Large 1576155.45/cwt153.00–157.0089557
Steers—Medium and Large 1614155.56/cwt146.00–160.0095543
Steers—Large 1670152.58/cwt151.00–153.501,02216
Steers—Medium and Large 1719151.43/cwt149.00–152.751,089106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730141.52/cwt137.00–143.501,03310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0633
Steers—Medium and Large 1772149.17/cwt146.25–152.001,152141
Steers—Medium and Large 1806147.25/cwt147.25–147.251,18767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1503
Steers—Medium and Large 1861144.88/cwt142.00–146.501,247199
Steers—Medium and Large 1913144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,31562
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318147.00/cwt147.00–147.004677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384146.75/cwt140.00–150.0056415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422132.99/cwt131.00–135.005614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434142.73/cwt140.00–145.0061911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515130.53/cwt130.00–133.0067222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522139.11/cwt133.00–144.0072617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571144.44/cwt140.00–146.7582542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577135.63/cwt132.00–138.007835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625142.17/cwt140.00–145.5088928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645136.00/cwt136.00–136.008778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681135.90/cwt131.00–143.0092525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717139.03/cwt135.00–140.35997117
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2339147.43/cwt145.00–155.005004
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390138.00/cwt138.00–138.005381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513141.00/cwt141.00–141.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528121.00/cwt121.00–121.006393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568119.00/cwt119.00–119.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625126.00/cwt126.00–126.007882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2674114.60/cwt112.50–115.007726

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.