Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2019-10-14

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Oct 14
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,752 head
▲ 815 vs last sale 1,937▲ 2,752 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Today's supply included several load lots of yearling steers, that were met with good demand and sold steady to 4.00 higher. Short weaned calves traded with a slight discount. Demand was moderate for moderate to heavy offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.37/cwt on 1,458 head.
Average price
$154.37
1,458 head · 682 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,053
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$339
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.60
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2475156.52744130
Medium and Large 1703154.161,0831,328
One grade step is worth $2.37/cwt here — about −$339 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 sale1,458 hd
154.37
—
IA average8 barns · 3,670 hd
143.77
+10.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 1-2381178.00/cwt178.00–178.006784
Steers—Medium and Large 1410186.69/cwt186.00–189.0076561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422164.50/cwt154.00–176.0069454
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned447167.00/cwt167.00–167.007468
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482153.52/cwt152.00–162.0074032
Steers—Medium and Large 1492165.19/cwt161.00–168.00813113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full497144.50/cwt144.50–144.5071813
Steers—Medium and Large 1519159.61/cwt155.00–169.0082838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520146.95/cwt144.00–152.007648
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned533151.96/cwt146.00–154.0081062
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563139.00/cwt139.00–139.007835
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572151.00/cwt151.00–151.008646
Steers—Medium and Large 1577150.74/cwt141.00–158.2587080
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616144.62/cwt141.00–147.0089113
Steers—Medium and Large 1627151.39/cwt141.00–157.0094987
Steers—Medium and Large 1674148.95/cwt142.50–155.251,004101
Steers—Medium and Large 1732149.44/cwt143.50–153.251,09458
Steers—Medium and Large 1773151.70/cwt146.00–157.251,173336
Steers—Medium and Large 1826148.64/cwt143.50–149.501,22876
Steers—Medium and Large 1857151.61/cwt146.85–153.751,299303
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310137.50/cwt137.50–137.5042612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320154.00/cwt154.00–154.004937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423140.36/cwt133.00–149.0059418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430152.20/cwt144.00–156.00654114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full441130.00/cwt130.00–130.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474143.71/cwt132.00–149.0068171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513143.79/cwt140.00–150.0073840
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned518137.96/cwt135.00–139.0071543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555128.84/cwt128.00–130.0071512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573137.38/cwt136.00–145.5078759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611139.50/cwt139.50–139.508527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619139.00/cwt139.00–139.008608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629143.35/cwt142.00–144.5090270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671145.28/cwt143.75–147.2597580
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned674134.14/cwt133.50–135.0090423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681127.51/cwt123.00–130.0086814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705128.00/cwt128.00–128.009024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732141.51/cwt141.00–141.751,03631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766135.69/cwt131.00–143.001,03928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2787121.00/cwt121.00–121.009528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1832132.28/cwt129.00–133.501,10128
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1317157.50/cwt157.50–157.504993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1391157.50/cwt157.50–157.506165
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460160.00/cwt160.00–160.007366

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.