Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2019-12-16

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Dec 16
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
1,947 head
▲ 899 vs last sale 1,048▲ 1,947 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 500 to 650 pound steers ended 4.00-8.00 higher; 650 to 750 pound steers finished 5.00-8.00 higher. The 300 to 600 pound heifers were 4.00-8.00 higher, while the 600 to 850 pound heifers were 3.50 to 10.00 higher. Trade was active and demand was good for the 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 $153.27/cwt on 1,189 head.
Average price
$153.27
1,189 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$926
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.39
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1614154.83951994
Medium and Large 1-2553145.32803195
One grade step is worth $9.51/cwt here — about $148 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 sale1,189 hd
153.27
—
IA average12 barns · 7,627 hd
146.88
+6.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned297186.00/cwt186.00–186.005523
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned324179.59/cwt176.00–185.0058210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned381178.07/cwt175.00–181.0067817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned388155.00/cwt155.00–155.006013
Steers—Medium and Large 1395181.62/cwt181.00–182.0071713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2396166.50/cwt166.50–166.506599
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420144.22/cwt141.00–154.0060620
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned427167.45/cwt165.00–170.0071517
Steers—Medium and Large 1433168.18/cwt160.00–174.0072814
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478164.30/cwt155.00–169.5078536
Steers—Medium and Large 1480168.61/cwt161.00–177.5080963
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495149.85/cwt149.00–151.007427
Steers—Medium and Large 1517166.39/cwt161.00–173.0086097
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532149.82/cwt141.00–156.0079766
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned535157.14/cwt152.50–167.0084147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned541141.21/cwt136.00–145.0076412
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned560153.86/cwt149.50–158.0086231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572139.38/cwt135.00–143.0079731
Steers—Medium and Large 1586154.64/cwt150.75–164.50906134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned589146.50/cwt146.50–146.5086312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620141.17/cwt139.50–143.008759
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624148.16/cwt145.50–149.2592523
Steers—Medium and Large 1631150.53/cwt144.00–157.0095092
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy637163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,04035
Steers—Medium and Large 1676146.99/cwt141.50–154.25994173
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned685144.00/cwt144.00–144.009866
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695136.00/cwt136.00–136.0094510
Steers—Medium and Large 1704137.46/cwt134.00–139.0096847
Steers—Medium and Large 1753149.85/cwt144.00–151.001,12831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766134.27/cwt127.00–136.001,02916
Steers—Medium and Large 1814137.55/cwt131.00–139.501,12045
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy898148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,33454
Steers—Medium and Large 1920137.10/cwt135.75–138.501,2616
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned318167.56/cwt167.00–168.005337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372134.00/cwt134.00–134.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384161.55/cwt157.50–163.5062015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned398125.00/cwt125.00–125.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418147.87/cwt144.00–156.0061832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned422149.79/cwt148.00–154.0063213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned462145.16/cwt142.00–146.0067134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475142.80/cwt136.00–149.0067879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490127.00/cwt127.00–127.006225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned509138.23/cwt130.50–142.0070432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518129.50/cwt129.50–129.506716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523136.65/cwt135.00–140.0071550
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578136.76/cwt130.00–139.0079063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590125.00/cwt125.00–125.007385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned598134.00/cwt134.00–134.0080114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613136.38/cwt130.00–141.7583666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629131.50/cwt131.50–131.5082732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned656131.00/cwt131.00–131.008595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660125.41/cwt123.50–128.508288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678108.00/cwt108.00–108.007323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2747118.00/cwt118.00–118.008813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1763128.34/cwt127.50–129.5097926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829126.25/cwt126.25–126.251,0476

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.