Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-01-20

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Jan 20
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
2,501 head
▼ 259 vs last sale 2,760▲ 2,501 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold at generally steady prices. Demand was good and trading was active 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 $156.35/cwt on 1,630 head.
Average price
$156.35
1,630 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,053
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.40
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1682157.151,0721,391
Medium and Large 1-2623151.71945239
One grade step is worth $5.44/cwt here — about $127 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 sale1,630 hd
156.35
—
IA average12 barns · 11,025 hd
151.95
+4.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 1-2344178.00/cwt178.00–178.006125
Steers—Medium and Large 1366196.00/cwt196.00–196.007175
Steers—Medium and Large 1435188.19/cwt182.00–192.0081936
Steers—Medium and Large 1470174.02/cwt171.50–181.5081841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495163.00/cwt163.00–163.008074
Steers—Medium and Large 1530171.88/cwt165.00–180.00911102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534155.53/cwt148.00–163.0083120
Steers—Medium and Large 1566165.24/cwt161.50–171.0093566
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571159.56/cwt159.00–160.0091176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608149.00/cwt149.00–149.0090629
Steers—Medium and Large 1632161.09/cwt151.00–166.001,018140
Steers—Medium and Large 1672157.85/cwt149.75–164.501,061381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676146.33/cwt135.00–147.5098973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724142.64/cwt142.00–143.001,03322
Steers—Medium and Large 1734151.73/cwt145.00–154.251,114149
Steers—Medium and Large 1764150.58/cwt146.00–154.251,150359
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2784134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,0546
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy787138.80/cwt137.00–146.001,09229
Steers—Medium and Large 1837143.15/cwt134.50–145.501,19883
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2871133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1584
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384159.71/cwt155.00–166.0061314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425167.28/cwt159.00–170.0071132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470152.68/cwt150.00–155.0071835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478147.00/cwt147.00–147.0070320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513157.61/cwt152.00–166.5080980
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526145.68/cwt141.50–150.0076629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568137.99/cwt135.00–139.5078418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573147.16/cwt140.00–154.5084370
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy617141.85/cwt141.85–141.8587553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625141.29/cwt136.00–145.00883138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy668125.00/cwt125.00–125.008355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676137.51/cwt132.00–141.0093093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715134.62/cwt133.00–135.0096316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,0137

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.