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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Nov 18

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

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Receipts

3,216 head

▼ 427 vs last sale 3,643▲ 3,216 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was no recent report for comparison. Demand and offerings were moderate. Several load lots were included in the offerings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.80/cwt on 1,831 head.

Average price

$154.80

1,831 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$29.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.33

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	642	156.75	1,006	1,531
Medium and Large 1-2	589	147.12	867	265
Medium and Large 2	615	127.47	784	35

One grade step is worth $29.29/cwt here — about $222 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 sale1,831 hd

154.80

—

IA average11 barns · 7,282 hd

148.47

+6.33

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

62 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	289	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	621	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	191.13/cwt	189.00–196.00	644	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	351	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	667	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	168.53/cwt	160.00–176.00	666	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	178.31/cwt	175.00–180.00	760	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	139.19/cwt	136.00–140.00	607	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	164.56/cwt	164.00–166.50	732	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	453	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	811	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	166.77/cwt	163.50–170.50	774	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	149.46/cwt	144.00–157.00	719	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	860	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	155.61/cwt	152.00–159.00	820	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	163.78/cwt	160.00–167.00	866	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	537	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	840	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	543	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	711	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	153.08/cwt	145.50–158.25	874	160
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	571	150.80/cwt	143.00–156.00	861	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	145.64/cwt	140.00–152.00	845	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	593	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	780	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	151.26/cwt	145.25–155.00	941	196
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	143.32/cwt	141.50–144.50	903	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	142.15/cwt	135.00–144.50	905	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	643	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	900	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	149.80/cwt	143.00–154.00	993	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	981	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	674	122.39/cwt	120.00–127.00	825	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	138.60/cwt	135.00–142.50	994	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	152.39/cwt	145.00–155.75	1,103	237
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	136.21/cwt	131.00–144.50	1,057	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	789	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,045	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	792	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	1,222	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	153.77/cwt	151.75–155.00	1,261	242
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	831	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,163	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	985	139.35/cwt	139.35–139.35	1,373	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	325	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	501	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	157.64/cwt	156.00–159.00	536	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	535	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	148.48/cwt	147.00–153.00	573	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	425	142.24/cwt	142.00–143.00	605	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	137.43/cwt	134.00–140.00	591	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	148.59/cwt	145.00–155.00	649	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	451	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	649	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	140.23/cwt	131.00–142.50	663	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	144.64/cwt	140.00–148.00	707	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	505	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	692	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	137.38/cwt	132.50–144.50	724	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	126.69/cwt	126.00–131.00	673	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	133.60/cwt	128.00–135.00	762	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	132.97/cwt	127.00–139.50	763	220
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	124.87/cwt	122.00–131.50	727	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	128.17/cwt	126.00–131.50	797	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	789	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	123.94/cwt	121.50–125.00	780	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	653	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	790	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	867	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	130.76/cwt	129.50–132.25	879	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	994	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	798	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,075	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,014	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	965	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,023	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	979	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,241	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,213	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,237	11

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Russell Livestock Feeder Cattle - Russell, IA

Mon Nov 18, 2019

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

Receipts 3,216Last week 3,643Year ago 0

There was no recent report for comparison. Demand and offerings were moderate. Several load lots were included in the offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	831	140.00	140.00
32	—	717	135.00–142.50	138.60
17	—	776	131.00–144.50	136.21
16	—	527	152.00–159.00	155.61
24	—	481	144.00–157.00	149.46
73	—	637	135.00–144.50	142.15
15	—	436	136.00–140.00	139.19
20	—	580	140.00–152.00	145.64
36	—	395	160.00–176.00	168.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	464	163.50–170.50	166.77
8	—	289	215.00	215.00
237	—	724	145.00–155.75	152.39
152	—	529	160.00–167.00	163.78
65	—	792	154.25	154.25
16	—	337	189.00–196.00	191.13
109	—	663	143.00–154.00	149.80
196	—	622	145.25–155.00	151.26
5	—	351	190.00	190.00
29	—	985	139.35	139.35
72	—	426	175.00–180.00	178.31
160	—	571	145.50–158.25	153.08
242	—	820	151.75–155.00	153.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	543	131.00	131.00
15	—	674	120.00–127.00	122.39
11	—	593	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	140.00	140.00
16	—	537	156.50	156.50
4	—	789	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	571	143.00–156.00	150.80
15	—	453	179.00	179.00
10	—	672	146.00	146.00
32	—	630	141.50–144.50	143.32
22	—	445	164.00–166.50	164.56
84	—	512	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	386	147.00–153.00	148.48
106	—	489	140.00–148.00	144.64
17	—	672	129.50–132.25	130.76
8	—	798	134.75	134.75
220	—	574	127.00–139.50	132.97
54	—	527	132.50–144.50	137.38
24	—	979	126.75	126.75
9	—	340	156.00–159.00	157.64
6	—	736	135.00	135.00
7	—	821	123.50	123.50
11	—	1,213	102.00	102.00
33	—	622	126.00–131.50	128.17
76	—	437	145.00–155.00	148.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	325	154.00	154.00
6	—	653	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	582	122.00–131.50	124.87
7	—	659	131.50	131.50
55	—	531	126.00–131.00	126.69
26	—	629	121.50–125.00	123.94
3	—	965	106.00	106.00
4	—	345	155.00	155.00
28	—	430	134.00–140.00	137.43
71	—	473	131.00–142.50	140.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	570	128.00–135.00	133.60
6	—	626	126.00	126.00
22	—	425	142.00–143.00	142.24
4	—	505	137.00	137.00
65	—	451	144.00	144.00

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.