Sale reports / Iowa / Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa / 2020-05-04

Russell Livestock Auction - Iowa

Feeder Cattle · Russell, Iowa · Mon, May 4
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2159
Receipts
4,265 head
▲ 1,595 vs last sale 2,670▲ 4,265 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (4/20) steer calves 2.00 higher to 4.00 lower, 550-650 lbs. with the most decline, heifer calves under 700 lbs. 2.00-4.00 lower, 700 -900 lbs 4.00-10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.35/cwt on 2,230 head.
Average price
$144.35
2,230 head · 658 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.90
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1659145.979611,867
Large 1615141.0686740
Medium and Large 1-2662135.39896323
One grade step is worth $10.57/cwt here — about $65 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 sale2,230 hd
144.35
—
IA average7 barns · 7,643 hd
142.45
+1.90
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

60 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 1-2313170.00/cwt170.00–170.005325
Steers—Medium and Large 1332188.11/cwt182.50–202.5062522
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned371177.00/cwt177.00–177.006574
Steers—Medium and Large 1379174.02/cwt171.00–185.006608
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381167.93/cwt165.00–170.006405
Steers—Medium and Large 1428167.05/cwt160.00–177.0071564
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437155.67/cwt153.00–159.0068012
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned438158.24/cwt158.00–159.0069324
Steers—Medium and Large 1465163.91/cwt157.00–171.00762125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468154.77/cwt148.00–162.0072449
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned529143.62/cwt143.00–145.0076022
Steers—Medium and Large 1534160.27/cwt154.50–166.00856166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534152.50/cwt152.50–152.5081422
Steers—Medium and Large 1571157.19/cwt149.00–166.00898266
Steers—Large 1581144.70/cwt141.00–148.5084125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596142.00/cwt142.00–142.008466
Steers—Medium and Large 1616148.47/cwt140.00–154.50915193
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625129.50/cwt129.50–129.5080912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635137.80/cwt132.00–142.0087535
Steers—Large 1671135.00/cwt135.00–135.0090615
Steers—Medium and Large 1672146.24/cwt140.00–148.00983161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688131.12/cwt129.00–136.0090255
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710129.89/cwt126.00–133.0092248
Steers—Medium and Large 1721143.16/cwt134.50–147.751,032316
Steers—Medium and Large 1771138.70/cwt131.75–144.501,069148
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785126.50/cwt126.50–126.509939
Steers—Medium and Large 1814129.22/cwt124.50–130.501,05243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2837114.50/cwt114.50–114.509586
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2853116.75/cwt116.75–116.7599671
Steers—Medium and Large 1872119.42/cwt118.00–123.501,041253
Steers—Medium and Large 1912114.86/cwt112.50–116.001,04829
Steers—Medium and Large 1986105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0355
Steers—Medium and Large 11,04296.82/cwt95.00–100.501,0096
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333147.97/cwt140.00–150.0049327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1337159.47/cwt150.00–169.005378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359164.09/cwt162.00–165.0058923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372147.64/cwt146.00–149.0054910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned417133.00/cwt133.00–133.0055518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421143.13/cwt140.00–145.0060364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429136.00/cwt133.00–139.0058321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy443154.75/cwt154.75–154.7568611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned458134.00/cwt134.00–134.0061411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed475154.25/cwt154.25–154.257339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479139.45/cwt134.50–148.00668160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479132.96/cwt132.00–134.5063729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned518120.00/cwt120.00–120.0062212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520134.35/cwt128.00–141.25699191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526125.12/cwt120.00–128.0065845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575129.21/cwt120.50–137.00743141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2599123.00/cwt123.00–123.007374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2606121.00/cwt121.00–121.007337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623128.72/cwt122.00–135.75802206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669113.93/cwt112.00–118.5076226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670126.15/cwt120.00–129.75845190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2717110.63/cwt110.00–111.0079319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734119.41/cwt114.35–128.00876221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783119.16/cwt114.25–123.5093376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827118.72/cwt117.00–123.0098217
Heifers—Medium and Large 193794.00/cwt94.00–94.0088114
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,00495.00/cwt95.00–95.009545

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.