Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2019-10-28

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Oct 28
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
3,643 head
▲ 891 vs last sale 2,752▲ 3,643 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago calves and yearlings sold at generally steady prices. Demand was moderate for moderate to heavy offerings. Supply included several load lots of yearlings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.01/cwt on 2,425 head.
Average price
$148.01
2,425 head · 744 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.98
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1741150.771,1181,878
Medium and Large 1-2753138.541,043547
One grade step is worth $12.23/cwt here — about $75 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 sale2,425 hd
148.01
—
IA average6 barns · 4,267 hd
141.03
+6.98
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1414184.00/cwt184.00–184.0076230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435150.57/cwt150.00–151.006559
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned444164.00/cwt164.00–164.007284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483145.82/cwt142.75–148.0070428
Steers—Medium and Large 1487163.76/cwt156.00–168.5079898
Steers—Medium and Large 1535151.72/cwt145.00–155.5081291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579139.14/cwt133.00–145.5080689
Steers—Medium and Large 1585153.06/cwt144.50–157.00895158
Steers—Medium and Large 1626148.68/cwt142.75–154.5093184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635138.13/cwt135.00–139.5087719
Steers—Medium and Large 1676147.03/cwt140.00–153.75994162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683132.72/cwt131.00–135.0090626
Steers—Medium and Large 1727151.05/cwt144.00–153.751,098111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739141.37/cwt132.00–142.001,04570
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780138.94/cwt137.50–144.251,08456
Steers—Medium and Large 1782149.90/cwt145.00–152.751,172235
Steers—Medium and Large 1822149.95/cwt147.35–154.251,233635
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2836140.66/cwt133.50–145.751,176152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2876133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,16947
Steers—Medium and Large 1878146.35/cwt142.00–148.601,285155
Steers—Medium and Large 1909145.42/cwt143.25–147.751,322115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2969128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,24551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1297171.00/cwt171.00–171.005087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378153.24/cwt150.00–156.0057929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425141.61/cwt140.00–142.756027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438146.82/cwt146.00–147.0064334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475135.00/cwt135.00–135.0064111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482137.87/cwt135.00–143.0066584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530135.42/cwt133.00–140.00718105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563132.91/cwt130.50–135.5074851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587137.22/cwt131.00–139.0080564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612136.47/cwt135.00–140.0083531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615129.32/cwt129.00–129.7579514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669142.22/cwt134.50–146.00951215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690125.00/cwt125.00–125.008635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2709126.00/cwt126.00–126.0089326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768132.39/cwt130.00–135.001,01719
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1712123.00/cwt123.00–123.0087610

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.