Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-03-09

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Mar 9
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
3,157 head
▲ 940 vs last sale 2,217▲ 3,157 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500-700 lbs. sold 5.00-10.00 lower, while the 700-850 lb. steers were 8.00-10.00 lower. Heifers 400-650 lbs. were 3.00-7.00 lower. The 650-700 lb. heifers were steady, while the 700-800 lb. heifers were 6.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate for the moderate to 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 $139.11/cwt on 1,628 head.
Average price
$139.11
1,628 head · 715 lb average
Value per head Derived
$995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$10.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.25
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1719139.281,0021,518
Medium and Large 1-2646137.58888100
Large 1-2762128.6097910thin
One grade step is worth $10.68/cwt here — about $22 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 sale1,628 hd
139.11
—
IA average10 barns · 5,676 hd
143.36
−4.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned303197.00/cwt197.00–197.005978
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned386183.00/cwt183.00–183.0070615
Steers—Medium and Large 1433184.63/cwt173.50–189.0079932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2449157.50/cwt157.50–157.507074
Steers—Medium and Large 1488172.83/cwt171.50–174.0084317
Steers—Medium and Large 1536165.73/cwt157.00–168.5088870
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538153.31/cwt149.00–156.0082524
Steers—Medium and Large 1569160.61/cwt153.00–167.7591488
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2598144.50/cwt144.50–144.508648
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615140.00/cwt140.00–140.0086121
Steers—Large 1-2620141.00/cwt141.00–141.008746
Steers—Medium and Large 1633150.92/cwt145.50–157.75955152
Steers—Medium and Large 1675145.63/cwt143.50–149.00983239
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2694133.07/cwt132.50–134.0092413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718125.00/cwt125.00–125.0089812
Steers—Medium and Large 1735137.76/cwt134.00–142.751,013143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2752122.50/cwt122.50–122.509213
Steers—Medium and Large 1781128.97/cwt125.00–136.501,007392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818116.99/cwt116.50–118.0095715
Steers—Medium and Large 1824125.47/cwt119.85–129.751,034261
Steers—Medium and Large 1864116.66/cwt114.25–123.751,00867
Steers—Medium and Large 1915119.54/cwt118.00–119.751,09425
Steers—Large 1-2974110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0714
Steers—Medium and Large 11,041108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1249
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned319192.50/cwt192.50–192.5061413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370169.77/cwt165.00–177.006289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389155.00/cwt155.00–155.006037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy415180.00/cwt180.00–180.0074711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425156.30/cwt156.25–156.5066426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481147.41/cwt141.00–155.5070994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489133.65/cwt130.00–135.0065411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537139.30/cwt135.00–145.5074890
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2546134.50/cwt134.50–134.5073418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575137.66/cwt134.00–142.00792114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583127.65/cwt125.00–133.0074422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618132.04/cwt125.50–136.50816174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628125.05/cwt123.00–127.0078512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678128.13/cwt123.00–131.60869153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730119.43/cwt119.00–125.0087270
Heifers—Large 1751112.00/cwt112.00–112.008415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786115.79/cwt113.00–120.75910179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809106.33/cwt103.50–108.508607
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1582121.00/cwt121.00–121.007043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613118.00/cwt118.00–118.007234

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.