Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-02-17

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Feb 17
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
5,030 head
▲ 2,037 vs last sale 2,993▲ 5,030 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday steer calves 400-600 lbs. steady to 2.00 higher 600-850 lbs. mostly 4.00-6.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-600 lbs . 2,00-6.00 higher, 600-800 lbs. mostly steady. Trade active with very good demand for a large run of cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.66/cwt on 2,663 head.
Average price
$160.66
2,663 head · 652 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,047
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.02
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1653161.561,0552,496
Large 1-2581156.2990821
Medium and Large 1-2639145.85932146
One grade step is worth $15.72/cwt here — about $123 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 sale2,663 hd
160.66
—
IA average9 barns · 8,676 hd
153.64
+7.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1337179.91/cwt175.00–184.006069
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned343177.00/cwt177.00–177.006078
Steers—Medium and Large 1379181.60/cwt174.00–189.006886
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2401162.50/cwt162.50–162.506528
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned416177.50/cwt177.50–177.507384
Steers—Medium and Large 1420180.15/cwt179.50–182.0075743
Steers—Medium and Large 1481180.13/cwt175.00–184.75866120
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned484180.75/cwt180.75–180.7587511
Steers—Large 1-2509150.00/cwt150.00–150.007649
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525161.26/cwt156.00–164.0084731
Steers—Medium and Large 1526179.55/cwt172.00–188.00944254
Steers—Medium and Large 1569172.63/cwt164.00–176.75982272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579152.26/cwt146.00–157.0088234
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed605175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,05934
Steers—Medium and Large 1621166.09/cwt157.00–171.251,031401
Steers—Large 1-2635161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,02212
Steers—Medium and Large 1671158.95/cwt152.75–164.751,067433
Steers—Medium and Large 1728154.05/cwt152.50–156.751,121408
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730136.57/cwt135.00–140.0099739
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2756132.10/cwt131.00–136.5099934
Steers—Medium and Large 1766146.54/cwt139.75–152.001,122249
Steers—Medium and Large 1816139.88/cwt133.00–142.501,141208
Steers—Medium and Large 1881134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,18514
Steers—Medium and Large 1908133.75/cwt133.75–133.751,2146
Steers—Medium and Large 1962126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,21216
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331155.66/cwt155.00–160.005157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned342147.50/cwt147.50–147.505043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372145.58/cwt136.00–151.0054217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375155.35/cwt152.00–159.0058314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425159.61/cwt153.00–165.0067859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433134.00/cwt134.00–134.005804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned436151.00/cwt151.00–151.006589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy439170.00/cwt170.00–170.007468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469158.06/cwt151.00–168.5074157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520153.57/cwt147.00–160.50799169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy528166.00/cwt166.00–166.0087628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575146.90/cwt140.00–150.75845242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full592137.00/cwt137.00–137.008118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620142.17/cwt127.00–146.75881376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669134.89/cwt128.25–140.85902464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695126.50/cwt126.50–126.5087916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2701120.46/cwt120.00–122.0084422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724131.78/cwt127.75–136.75954197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779130.91/cwt125.50–132.751,020129
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400141.00/cwt141.00–141.005641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434180.00/cwt180.00–180.0078110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1514156.63/cwt149.00–165.0080517
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628133.78/cwt128.00–140.0084016

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.