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Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Name: Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa livestock auction prices — 2020-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-30

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, Mar 30

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159

← Mar 9Mar 30Apr 20 →

Receipts

1,400 head

▼ 1,757 vs last sale 3,157▲ 1,400 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand.

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 $142.80/cwt on 824 head.

Average price

$142.80

824 head · 709 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,013

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$176

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

$0.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.16

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	593	142.96	848	50
Medium and Large 1	717	142.79	1,023	774

One grade step is worth $0.16/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale824 hd

142.80

—

IA average3 barns · 1,659 hd

144.96

−2.16

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

Every lot

38 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	359	150.15/cwt	148.00–154.00	539	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	633	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	663	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	442	169.50/cwt	162.50–173.50	749	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	174.90/cwt	172.00–177.00	834	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	156.25/cwt	152.50–162.00	747	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	820	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	162.49/cwt	160.25–165.00	876	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	161.34/cwt	158.00–163.50	933	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	925	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	882	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	153.34/cwt	147.75–157.00	946	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	152.27/cwt	151.50–152.35	1,043	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	142.39/cwt	139.75–144.50	1,017	174
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	916	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	125.37/cwt	121.00–127.00	965	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	134.67/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,045	190
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	129.15/cwt	128.75–131.75	1,084	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	891	123.85/cwt	123.85–123.85	1,104	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	158.52/cwt	157.00–160.00	542	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	154.92/cwt	152.50–160.00	576	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	153.22/cwt	152.00–154.00	673	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	150.97/cwt	145.00–153.00	687	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	140.95/cwt	136.00–148.00	736	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	697	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	140.28/cwt	134.50–147.50	812	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	139.83/cwt	139.75–140.00	870	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	125.11/cwt	120.00–126.00	784	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	771	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	133.54/cwt	131.25–139.75	916	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	109.54/cwt	108.00–111.00	794	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	125.66/cwt	123.50–129.00	917	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	112.95/cwt	111.00–115.00	858	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	914	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,055	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	981	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	437	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	773	6
Bulls	—	Large 1	544	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	724	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	570	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	866	7

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 Mar 30, 2020

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

Receipts 1,400Last week 3,157Year ago 0

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	342	157.00–160.00	158.52
13	—	455	145.00–153.00	150.97
53	—	622	139.75–140.00	139.83
106	—	730	123.50–129.00	125.66
3	—	942	97.00	97.00
10	—	439	152.00–154.00	153.22
48	—	522	136.00–148.00	140.95
88	—	686	131.25–139.75	133.54
3	—	372	152.50–160.00	154.92
5	—	1,055	93.00	93.00
18	—	760	111.00–115.00	112.95
63	—	579	134.50–147.50	140.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	532	131.00	131.00
4	—	725	108.00–111.00	109.54
4	—	659	117.00	117.00
14	—	627	120.00–126.00	125.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	477	172.00–177.00	174.90
49	—	685	151.50–152.35	152.27
80	—	839	128.75–131.75	129.15
190	—	776	129.00–140.00	134.67
4	—	366	173.00	173.00
31	—	539	160.25–165.00	162.49
64	—	891	123.85	123.85
174	—	714	139.75–144.50	142.39
11	—	442	162.50–173.50	169.50
59	—	578	158.00–163.50	161.34
105	—	617	147.75–157.00	153.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	359	148.00–154.00	150.15
6	—	536	153.00	153.00
4	—	599	154.50	154.50
5	—	721	127.00	127.00
13	—	770	121.00–127.00	125.37
3	—	428	155.00	155.00
5	—	608	145.00	145.00
9	—	478	152.50–162.00	156.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	570	152.00	152.00
6	—	437	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	133.00	133.00

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.